Explore: Doedicurus

against predators or in fights with other Doedicurus at speeds of perhaps 11 m/s (40 km/h; 25 mph). Doedicurus was likely a grazer, but its teeth and mouth

being contested. In 2016, an analysis of the mitochondrial genome of Doedicurus found that it was, in fact, nested within the modern armadillos as the

their heads. Glyptodonts also had heavily armored tails; some, such as Doedicurus, had mace-like clubs at the ends of their tails, similar to those of ankylosaurs

other well-preserved taxa like Doedicurus and Panochthus. The brain cavities of the larger glyptodontines Glyptodon, Doedicurus, and Panochthus had a braincase

and the glyptodonts (car-sized relatives of armadillos) Glyptodon and Doedicurus, the bear Arctotherium and the sabertooth cat Smilodon populator, the

paraphyletic based on morphological evidence. In 2016, an analysis of Doedicurus mtDNA found it was, in fact, nested within the modern armadillos as the

was extracted from the carapace of a 12,000 year old glyptodont called Doedicurus, and a nearly complete mitochondrial genome was reconstructed (76x coverage)

2016). "Ancient DNA from the extinct South American giant glyptodont Doedicurus sp. (Xenarthra: Glyptodontidae) reveals that glyptodonts evolved from

intermedius, the caudal tube bears large depressions similar to those seen in Doedicurus, suggesting the presence of conical spines. The two syntypes of Panochthus

more closely related to glyptodonts with fused caudal tube tails like Doedicurus than to Glyptodon.Cladogram after Barasoain et al. 2022: Fossils of Propalaehoplophorus