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Archelon,
Archelon ischyros
The Giant Turtle
Archelon was a slow moving creature of the ancient seas
during the Cretaceous (65 to 146 million years ago). Some remains
measure over 15 feet long. Like many of today's turtles it ate
jellyfish and expired drifting fish as well as plants, buried its eggs in
sandy beaches, and may have lived more than 100 years.
Archelon
Giant Early Shark
Imagine swimming away from this fish!
Giant Dragonfly with a 29 Inch Wingspan
Glyptodon
Look familiar? The Glyptodon lived in
South and North America during the Pleistocene (1.8 million to 11,000 years
ago). Some were as long as 16 feet.
Toxodon, Toxodon
platensis
The Toxodon lived in
South America during the Pleistocene about 50 million years ago
Baluchitherium
The Baluchitherium was
an early rhinoceros which lived in Asia about 20 to 30 million years ago
during the late Oligocene (24 to 38 million years ago )and and early Miocene
(5 to 24 million years ago)
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