The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History houses the skeleton of an Archelon ischyros, recognized as the largest turtle that ever lived.

The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History houses the skeleton of an Archelon ischyros, recognized as the largest turtle that ever lived.

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This giant sea creature had gear-shaped bones that acted as gastrocnemius plates to protect it from threats from below.

The skeleton of Archelon Ischyros, the biggest turtle that has ever lived.  It measured 15 feet from head to toe and weighed almost 5,000 lbs. :  r/Damnthatsinteresting

Interestingly, the skeleton shows a missing right lower fin, with evidence suggesting this was due to an incident early in its life.

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