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    Archelon ischyros, genus name from the Ancient Greek ἀρχη- (arkhe-) 'first/early', χελώνη (chelone) 'turtle', and species name from ἰσχυρός (ischyros)...
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    home to the colossal sea turtle Archelon ischyros. The first specimen was 3.5 meters (11 feet) long.: 108  Archelon is the largest known turtle in history...
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  • 5 in) and weight of up to 1,145 kg (2,524 lb). A close contender is Archelon ischyros, a sea turtle, which reached a length of 5 m (16 ft) and a weight...
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    length and weigh over 500 kg (1,100 lb). The largest known turtle was Archelon ischyros, a Late Cretaceous sea turtle up to 4.5 m (15 ft) long, 5.25 m (17 ft)...
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    (PDF) on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2010-02-04. G. R. Wieland (1896). "Archelon ischyros : a new gigantic cryptodire testudinate from the Fort Pierre Cretaceous...
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    includes some of the largest sea turtles that ever existed. The largest, Archelon, had a head one metre (39 in) long. Like most sea turtles, they had flattened...
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    this animal is subject to debate. The largest known turtle ever was Archelon ischyros at 5 m (16 ft) long and 2,200 kg (4,900 lb). Possible second-largest...
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  • †Alienochelys selloumi Oulad Abdoun Basin, Khouribga Province, Morocco †ArchelonArchelon ischyros 75–66 Ma, Campanian to Maastrichtian USA †Cedrobaena †Cedrobaena...
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    of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. 169: 1––70. Wieland, G. R. (1896). "Archelon ischyros: a new gigantic cryptodire testudinate from the Fort Pierre Cretaceous...
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  • locality for species †Apatosaurus †Araucarioxylon †Archelon – type locality for genus †Archelon ischyros – type locality for species †Artocarpus – report...
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  • hoppertonae – type locality for species †Archelon – type locality for genus †Archelon ischryos †Archelon ischyros – type locality for species †Artocarpus...
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