South America's Killer Dillo (Macroeuphractus)

Intro 0:00
The Killer Dillo 2:30
Extinction 8:55
Outro 11:50

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I recently did a pair of polls asking everyone what their favorite members of the Xenarthrans are. Among the extinct members of the is clade the ground sloths were the most popular. However there was a massive amount of interest in one little known branch of the armored mammals.

What many people don't know is the flesh eating Macroeuphractus was an armadillo unlike any we see today. And during the Miocene it was counted among the various apex predators of South America before the land bridge formed and everything changed.

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