14 Fun Facts About Glyptodonts: Educational Version

By Caitlind L. Alexander

What are these huge, strange animals with four legs, a shell, and a spiked tail? Meet the glyptodont, a prehistoric animal from the time of the mammoths. Scientists have found out many facts about this incredible animal, and here are a few of them.
Find out:
What did a glyptodont eat?
How large were glyptodonts?
How fast could they move?
What is their shell made of?
What were all the tiny holes in the shell for?

Find out more about the glyptodont and amaze your family and friends with these fun facts.

The Educational Version has activities that meet Common Core Curriculum Standards.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: LearningIsland.com
• Release date: Sep 20, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301433858

Caitlind L. Alexander

Caitlind Alexander is the author of over 60 books for children, including the Jamie and Kendall Broderick Mystery series, the 14 Fun Facts and 101 Fun Facts series, the Wonderful World of Animals Series, and the Miss Jones series.She lives in California where she loves to visit historic places and learn about new things. She also loves to travel and has been all over the world.

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14 FUN FACTS ABOUT

GLYPTODONTS

by Caitlind L. Alexander

A LearningIsland.com

15-Minute book

We have used many sources to research these facts and they are accurate at time of publishing. The more we explore the wonders of our world, the more information we are discovering.

Editor: Jennifer Robinson

Smashwords Edition

(c) Copyright 2010 Caitlind L. Alexander. All rights reserved.

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14 Fun Facts About Glyptodonts / Caitlind L. Alexander

Summary: A brief look at some interesting facts about the prehistoric mammal Glyptodont.

1. Glyptodont. Juvenile Literature. 2. Prehistoric Mammals. Juvenile Literature. 3. Animals. Juvenile Literature.

Created in USA

Reading Level: 5.4

Words: 1557

Ages 8 and up

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What are these huge, strange animals with four legs, a shell, and a spiked tail? Meet the glyptodont, a prehistoric animal from the time of the mammoths. Scientists have found out many facts about this incredible animal, and here are a few of them.

(Kim Scarborough)

Fact 1: Glyptodonts are the name of a family of animals, not a single animal.

Saying glyptodonts is like saying primates. There are many different species of primates, including monkeys, gorillas, and even humans.

There are over 50 known

Reviews for 14 Fun Facts About Glyptodonts

[Calista Plummer · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

These animals are really NEAT! I hadn't heard of them until I visited our local Natural History Museum. It was wonderful to learn more about these strange creatures.