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Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc.: The Archelon

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The Archelon was the largest sea turtle ever to exist. The best specimen found, on display in Vienna, would have been fifteen feet, or four and a half meters, long when alive, and likely weighed two and a quarter tons, or 2,200 kilograms. Read more about this remarkable prehistoric creature here.

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