Mar 19 2010
Glyptodont
I forgot how neat the Harvard Museum of Natural History is. Or to be more precise, I forgot how FULL it is. I remembered the awesome glass plant collection, the mineral room, and some cool fossils. But the collection of animals is MUCH bigger than I remembered. It’s a shame that a few of the large mammals are literally coming apart at the seams, but they have some really awesome dinosaur skeletons. Here’s one example, the Glyptodont.
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As I’m sure you know the glyptodont, a cousin of the armadillo, is a mammal, not a dinosaur, and it lived just 10-15 thousand years ago, concurrent with humans. The Harvard Museum of Natural History displays more than 500 taxidermy mammals, and most were recently restored so hope you’ll visit again.
Ah, I hadn’t taken note of that. I guess I should have simply called it an example of prehistoric megafauna.