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  • The largest-known turtle is Archelon ischyros, from the Upper Cretaceous of North America, which more than four meters (13.5 feet) long, and about 4.87 meters (16 feet) wide from flipper to flipper.

    World Turtle Day '10 greygirlbeast 2010

  • The largest-known turtle is Archelon ischyros, from the Upper Cretaceous of North America, which more than four meters (13.5 feet) long, and about 4.87 meters (16 feet) wide from flipper to flipper.

    "My little world and all I see..." greygirlbeast 2010

  • The largest of all known turtles, Archelon, whose home was the great interior Cretaceous sea, was fully a dozen feet in length and must have weighed at least two tons.

    The Elements of Geology William Harmon Norton 1900

  • Mr Tsaros, who has been been caring for Homer at the Archelon rescue centre in Greece, said: "One of his eyes was missing and the other was poked out.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Mr Tsaros, who has been been caring for Homer at the Archelon rescue centre in Greece, told BBC News: "One of his eyes was missing and the other was poked out.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • Mr Tsaros, who has been been caring for Homer at the Archelon rescue centre in Greece, told BBC News: "One of his eyes was missing and the other was poked out.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • Mr Tsaros, who has been been caring for Homer at the Archelon rescue centre in Greece, told BBC News: "One of his eyes was missing and the other was poked out.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • Archelon commented on the Editorial Emissions entry titled: "Episode 59: Heavy Metal Shuffle" bewitchingfaery commented on the Editorial Emissions entry titled: "Best Albums of the Decade

    Music Emissions Alternative Music Reviews 2009

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  • The head of this extinct turtle measured up to a meter long.

    January 8, 2013