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This shell belonged to a glyptodont. What are their descendants?

Retry Correct Incorrect According to the United Kingdom’s Natural History Museum, glyptodonts were heavily armored ancestors of armadillos with blunt tails that they likely used as defensive weapons. But while that makes them sound rock-solid, evidence of damage to the upper surface of their fossils’ skulls suggests that early humans found a weak spot in the top and backs of their heads that allowed our ancestors to hunt them.

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This shell belonged to a glyptodont. What are their descendants?

• Tortoises
• Armadillos
• Crabs
• Platypuses