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Prehistoric turtle stubs (148 P) Pages in category "Prehistoric turtles" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect ...
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.
Modern turtles have a horny beak without teeth in their mouth. In contrast, Odontochelys fossils were found to have had teeth embedded in their upper and lower jaws. [4] One of the most striking features of turtles, both modern and prehistoric alike, are their dorsal shells, forming an armored carapace over the body of the animal.
Prehistoric turtle stubs (146 P) Pages in category "Extinct turtles" The following 98 pages are in this category, out of 98 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Megalochelys ("great turtle") is an extinct genus of tortoises that lived from the Miocene to Pleistocene.They are noted for their giant size, the largest known for any tortoise, with a maximum carapace length of over 2 m (6.5 ft) in M. atlas.
Meiolaniidae is an extinct family of large, probably herbivorous stem-group turtles with heavily armored heads and clubbed tails known from South America and Australasia. Though once believed to be cryptodires , they are not closely related to any living species of turtle, and lie outside crown group Testudines , having diverged from them ...
Pages in category "Prehistoric turtle genera" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 212 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Stupendemys is an extinct genus of freshwater side-necked turtle, belonging to the family Podocnemididae.It is the largest freshwater turtle known to have existed, with a carapace over 2 meters long.