The Neoesclerocalyptus specimen weighed around 400 kilograms, stood about 90 centimeters tall, and measured 1.30 meters in total length including skull, shell, and tail tube.
Notes on verification
Figures are consistent across many outlets but all trace back to a single CONICET press release rather than independently verified measurements. Independent scientific literature on the genus supports a similar mass range, lending plausibility but not full independent corroboration of this specific specimen's stats. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.812 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=single on CONICET official press release describing the PLOS ONE study by Del Papa et al. (upstreams: CONICET/Museo de La Plata press release, Del Papa et al. 2024 PLOS ONE study) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- Hallan restos de un gliptodonte con marcas de origen humano que replantean las hipótesis sobre el poblamiento de América | CONICET (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- https://www.rosario3.com/informaciongeneral/Marcas-en-hueso-de-gliptodonte-abren-hipotesis-sobre-la-llegada-del-humano-al-continente-americano-20240717-0053.html (corroboration)
- https://spanish.news.cn/20240718/2e9589e3b45e49f29798299dee2b2b07/c.html (corroboration)
- https://www.eldia.com/nota/2024-7-17-16-54-0-cientificos-de-la-plata-hallaron-restos-de-un-gliptodonte-con-marcas-de-origen-humano-informacion-general (corroboration)
- https://www.academia.edu/43892568/Neosclerocalyptus_Paula_Couto_Xenarthra_Glyptodontidae_in_the_late_Pliocene_earliest_Pleistocene_of_the_Pampean_region_Argentina_Its_contribution_to_the_understanding_of_evolutionary_history_of_Pleistocene_glyptodonts (corroboration)