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F0102
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Description: Dasypus bellus, bony armor (osteoderm). This is a small armadillo. The tiny holes are hair follicle locations.

Age: Pleistocene, approx. 1.75 MYA.

Found By: Andy DeRouin

Location Found: Leisey Shell Pit, near Ruskin, FL

Current Custodian : Ed DeRouin

Identified By: Florida Museum of Natural History

References: The Fossil Vertebrates of Florida, p. 177-180. Museum of Natural

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