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Morla, also known as The Ancient One (German: Die Uralte), is a giant turtle who lives in the Swamps of Sadness: as the oldest living Fantastican, she has grown indifferent to the fate of Fantastica and her own survival. Reluctantly, she informs Atreyu that the Empress needs a new name and points Atreyu to the Southern Oracle.
Archelon is an extinct marine turtle from the Late Cretaceous, and is the largest turtle ever to have been documented, with the biggest specimen measuring 4.6 m (15 ft) from head to tail and 2.2–3.2 t (2.4–3.5 short tons) in body mass. It is known only from the Pierre Shale and has one species, A. ischyros.
The Great White Turtle (大白龜) is a giant turtle based in Heaven-Reaching River (通天河) who was forced out of his underwater residence by the Great King of Numinous Power. After the yaoguai was subdued and taken away, the turtle feels so grateful to the protagonists that he ferries them across the river on his back.
Scientists analyzed two fossils resembling leaves and realized they were the rare shells of baby turtles that lived in South America during the time of dinosaurs. Meet ‘Turtwig,’ an ancient ...
That was the takeaway from Tuesday's physical examination of Myrtle, an ancient green sea turtle that has delighted visitors to the New England Aquarium in Boston for more than 50 years.
This 1.7-meter (5 foot 6 inch) Axestemys byssinus is one of the largest turtles known from Fossil Lake. The Fossil Butte National Monument Visitor Center features over 80 fossils and fossil casts on exhibit, including fish, a crocodile, turtle, bats, birds, insects and plants.
Thousands of years ago, early humans may have turned to turtles, a new discovery reveals. During a recent excavation in Germany, archaeologists stumbled upon ancient turtle remains — shedding ...
Proganochelys is a genus of extinct, primitive stem-turtle.Proganochelys was named by Georg Baur in 1887 as the oldest turtle in existence at the time. The name Proganochelys comes from the Greek word ganos meaning 'brightness', combined with prefix pro, 'before', and Greek base chelys meaning 'turtle'.