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In its time, '''''Archelon''''' inhabited the northern Western Interior Seaway, a mild to cool area dominated by [[plesiosaur]]s, hesperornithiform seabirds, and [[mosasaur]]s. It may have gone extinct due to the shrinking of the seaway, increased egg and hatchling predation, and cooling climate. |
In its time, '''''Archelon''''' inhabited the northern Western Interior Seaway, a mild to cool area dominated by [[plesiosaur]]s, hesperornithiform seabirds, and [[mosasaur]]s. It may have gone extinct due to the shrinking of the seaway, increased egg and hatchling predation, and cooling climate. |
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'''King turtles''' were large turtles that inhabited the worlds' oceans. Despite their size, they were still much smaller than [[mossies]] and [[plessies]], and were rarely hunted as a results.<ref>''Analog'', Vol. CXXXX, Nos 1 & 2, January/February, 2020, pgs. 56.</ref> |
'''King turtles''' were large turtles that inhabited the worlds' oceans. Despite their size, they were still much smaller than [[mossies]] and [[plessies]], and were rarely hunted as a results.<ref>''Analog'', Vol. CXXXX, Nos 1 & 2, January/February, 2020, pgs. 56.</ref> |
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Archelon (Greek for "lord of turtles") is an extinct marine turtle from the Late Cretaceous, and is the largest turtle ever to have been documented, with the biggest specimen measuring 460 cm (15 ft) from head to tail, 400 cm (13 ft) from flipper to flipper, and 2,200 kg (4,900 lb) in weight. It is known only from the Dakota Pierre Shale and has one species, A. ischyros. The former A. marshii and A. copei have been reassigned to Protostega and Microstega, respectively. The genus was named in 1895 by American paleontologist George Reber Wieland based on a skeleton from South Dakota. The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) was once thought to be its closest living relative, but now, Protostegidae is thought to be a completely separate lineage from any living sea turtle.
In its time, Archelon inhabited the northern Western Interior Seaway, a mild to cool area dominated by plesiosaurs, hesperornithiform seabirds, and mosasaurs. It may have gone extinct due to the shrinking of the seaway, increased egg and hatchling predation, and cooling climate.
Archelon in Chicxulub Asteroid Missed
King turtles were large turtles that inhabited the worlds' oceans. Despite their size, they were still much smaller than mossies and plessies, and were rarely hunted as a results.[1]
Milvil saw a king turtle eating jellyfish while serving aboard the Queepahd. Captain Baja caught Milvil shirking, and reprimanded him.[2]
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