Cute little wee scute - what is it? Baby Giant Armadillo?

[Bone Daddy]

Every now and then something weird shows up in my sifter. Look at this cute little guy.

 

 

Hexagonal shape with a faint raised area in the middle. Texture, shape, thickness all seem right for a giant armadillo, but the size is tiny. I've never seen one this small. Can someone confirm or deny this? Could this be from a baby/juvenile? Could it be a baby glyptodont. I'm stumped.

 

 

[Uncle Siphuncle]

Pachyarmatherium?

 

[Bone Daddy]

8 hours ago, Uncle Siphuncle said:

Pachyarmatherium?

 

 

Sounds like a good candidate. I didn't know these scutes could be this small. I have found several larger ones over the years, but nothing close to this tiny size.

 

[Shellseeker]

1 hour ago, Bone Daddy said:

Sounds like a good candidate. I didn't know these scutes could be this small. I have found several larger ones over the years, but nothing close to this tiny size.

 

This was the TFF educational Thread...

There is a scientific paper put out by UF on them.  There are VERY few location they are found and one of those very few locations is upstream of Paynes Creek Park.

 

 

[minnbuckeye]

I found this a few years back. Each osteoderm was 1 cm in width. At that time, it was called  Dasypus bellus. It looks similar to yours.

 

[old bones]

Here is a recent find of mine. They can be very tiny.

 

[Bone Daddy]

Well, I learned something new. I had no inkling that these scutes could be this small. Thanks everyone!