Associated Giant Armadillo Osteoderms – Bony Armor Plate

This is a pair of associated armor shell pieces to a giant armadillo like animal called a pampathere.Their shells are made up of thousands of these that lock together. This species is Holmesina septentrionalis, a fantastic Pleistocene animal that went extinct at the end of the ice age along with so many other megafauna. These two particular osteoderms came from the same animal.