Posts tagged: turtle
Downstroke (by BarryFackler)
The first specimen of Archelon (YPM 3000) was collected from the Pierre Shale of South Dakota in 1895.
The largest Archelon fossil, found in the Pierre Shale of South Dakota in the 1970s, measures more than 4 m (13 ft) long, and about 4.9 m (16 ft) wide from flipper to flipper. It was a marine turtle, whose closest living relative in the present day is the leatherback sea turtle.
Archelon’s fossils date to around 75-65 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period, when a shallow sea covered most of central North America.
Pond behind Wilshire Courtyard
Miracle Mile, Los Angeles
Found this guy out on the trail… on Flickr.
…soaking up the sun.
13.4.27-4.49p
The Leatherback Sea Turtle is the largest of all living sea turtles. The largest ever found, was over 3 metres (9.8 ft) from head to tail, and weighed 916 kilograms (2,020 lb).
