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However, weights based on volumetric displacement of the skeleton suggest a mass of around 1,000 kg (2,200 lb). [4] M. atlas is thus the largest known tortoise. [2] Some island species were considerably smaller, with the Philippine species Megalochelys sondaari only having a carapace length of 70–90 cm (2 ft 4 in – 2 ft 11 in). [1]
Elseya is a genus of large side-necked turtles, commonly known as Australian snapping turtles, in the family Chelidae. Species in the genus Elseya are found in river systems in northern and northeastern Australia and throughout the river systems of New Guinea . [ 6 ]
The fruit of Diphylleia grayi. The plant grows up to 0.4 m (1.3 ft). The flowers are white, pedicellate, with six obovate petals and bloom from May to July. [3] After it flowers, it bears dark blue/purple fruit with a white powdery coating from June to August. [4] Its stems are terete and grow 30–60 cm (12–24 in) long.
The earliest animals may belong to the genus Dickinsonia, [2] 571 million to 539 million years ago. [3] Individual Dickinsonia typically resemble a bilaterally symmetrical ribbed oval. They kept growing until they were covered with sediment or otherwise killed, [4] and spent most of their lives with their bodies firmly anchored to the sediment. [5]
[28] [41] Human researchers find Gamera floating in the Pacific Ocean, encased in rock, and mistake him for an atoll. [42] Within the rock, they discover a large monolith explaining Gamera's origins, along with dozens of magatama made from orichalcum , which allow for a psychic link between Gamera and humans.
It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Myobatrachus gouldii, also known as the turtle frog. It gets its name from the resemblance to a shell-less chelonian, which is a type of turtle. It is described to have an extremely small narrow head, short limbs, and a round body. They can get up to 45 millimetres (1.8 in) long. [2]
The Discworld is the fictional world where English writer Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld fantasy novels take place. It consists of an interstellar planet-sized disc, which sits on the backs of four huge elephants, themselves standing on the back of a world turtle, named Great A'Tuin, as it slowly swims through space.
Elseya albagula, commonly known as the white-throated snapping turtle, is one of the largest species of chelid turtles in the world, growing to about 45 cm (18 in) carapace length. [ 1 ] The species is endemic to south-eastern Queensland , Australia , in the Burnett , Mary , and Fitzroy River drainages.