The whimsically named Beautiful Armadillo is an extinct armadillo species which lived in the United States from roughly 2 million years ago to 10,000 years ago.[1] Its fossils are known primarily from the southeastern United States, but records extend west to New Mexico and north to Iowa and Indiana.[2] Apart from its relatively large size (just over three feet in length), it was very similar to the Nine-banded Armadillo. It may have been able to roll up into a ball.
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