Fossilized 3.5 million years of pangolin in Argentina

On October 25, residents of Mar del Plata, Argentina's Buenos Aires province, said they discovered a 3.5-million-year fossil of a pangolin in the Glyptodontidae family, living in the Pleistocene era, in the canyon. near Dorada beach.

This is the Glyptodontidae.(Illustration).

Experts said most fossil samples were found intact. The Glyptodontidae is a size and weight with a Volkswagen Beetle car.

This animal is shaped almost like a turtle, with a flat shell, rounded horns and limbs that are close to itself. Glyptodontidae are herbivores and other plants along the river and small water channels.

Dorada Beach is a special area in the warm waters of San Matías Bay, which once discovered many ancient animal bodies.

Experts from the Lorenzo Scaglia Natural Science Museum of Mar del Plata have found fossils of the dinosaur family of llallawavis scagliai , the most dangerous prehistoric carnivore 3 million years ago.

The Buenos Aires provincial government is proposing a project to honor Mar del Plata to become a special archaeological site with 5 million years of history. This is one of the fossilized areas dating back millions of years in South America.