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  2. Archelon - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Leatherback sea turtle - Wikipedia

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    The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), sometimes called the lute turtle, leathery turtle or simply the luth, is the largest of all living turtles and the heaviest non-crocodilian reptile, reaching lengths of up to 2.7 metres (8 ft 10 in) and weights of 500 kilograms (1,100 lb).

  4. List of largest reptiles - Wikipedia

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    The giant leatherback sea turtle, the largest extant turtle, digs a nest on the beach. The largest extant turtle is the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), reaching a maximum total length of 3 m (10 ft) and a weight of 961 kg (2,119 lb). [1] [96] The second-largest extant testudine is the Loggerhead sea turtle. It tends to weight ...

  5. 50 Animals So Giant It’s Hard To Believe They’re ... - AOL

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    The previously mentioned antarctic blue whale holds the title of the biggest animal on earth. It can weigh up to 400,000 pounds and reach a length of 98 feet. ... #25 Just A Big Leatherback Sea ...

  6. Turtle - Wikipedia

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    The largest living species of turtle (and fourth-largest reptile) is the leatherback turtle, which can reach over 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) in length and weigh over 500 kg (1,100 lb). [9] 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) wide between the tips of the front flippers ...

  7. Leatherback sea turtle nest is the earliest on record for ...

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    The leatherback sea turtle is the earliest to lay her eggs in the 17-year history of Indian River County's nest-monitoring program. Leatherback sea turtle nest is the earliest on record for Indian ...

  8. Sea turtle - Wikipedia

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    The leatherback sea turtle is the largest sea turtle, reaching 1.4 to more than 1.8 m (4.6 to 5.9 ft) in length and weighing between 300 and 640 kg (661 to 1,411 lbs). [11] Other sea turtle species are smaller, ranging from as little as 60 cm (2 ft) long in the case of the Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest sea turtle species, to 120 cm (3.9 ...

  9. A large leatherback sea turtle got tangled in a lobster trap ...

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    A large leatherback sea turtle is swimming freely thanks to the efforts of a Florida fish and wildlife officer assigned to the Florida Keys. A large leatherback sea turtle got tangled in a lobster ...