Talk:Archelon

References section
The reference section would require to reformatted so to become clearer and following the guidelines layed in Wikipedia. --Francisco Valverde 19:16, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Opening
The previous version stated that Archelon is the largest sea turtle that ever lived. This is indeed possible, but impossible to prove. It is simply the largest yet discovered and disclosed. I have changed the wording to indicate that it is the largest currently documented. 209.202.3.94 (talk) 05:30, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Archelon ischyodus
I took a picture at the ROM of a cast of the extinct sea turtle and it's label. I was going to include the pictures but I didn't because I was concerned of licensing issues. Here is a summary of what is read on the label:


 * The cast is of Archelon ischyodus
 * It was found in South Dakota
 * It is 74 million years old, during the Late Cretaceous
 * The specimen was donated by the Louise Hawley Stone Charitable Trust

The specimen, on observation, does look like Archelon ischyros. I might be describing the vary same individual sea turtle, anyone know if it's still hanging out in the Wallace Building on the University of Manitoba campus?

Also, can someone help me figure out if my image is acceptable for use on Wikipedia? --Canadafreakazoid (talk) 14:42, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, skeletons are not copyrighted by the museum, because they are not art. So you can do what you want with the photos. FunkMonk (talk) 01:14, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Here are the images I was talking about. --Canadafreakazoid (talk) 23:08, 5 September 2013 (UTC)



Quick observations

 * The taxonomy template Template:Taxonomy/Archelon, which is used to automatically generate the taxobos is missing a reference.
 * added


 * If at all possible add a to fossil_range as the color lights up the taxobox. Something like the following:
 * | fossil_range = Late Campanian
 * done  User:Dunkleosteus77 &#124;push to talk 04:17, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
 * 74.9 to 70.6 was an example, it is unlikely to be correct. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 04:28, 19 October 2019 (UTC)


 * Why are Stupendemys, Psephophorus and Atlantochelys in the see also. Wikipedia has over a hundred extinct turtle articles. Selecting these three seems random.
 * They're all really big turtles  User:Dunkleosteus77 &#124;push to talk 04:17, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 00:26, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

time
The whole long article doesn't tell when these animals lived. The German Wikipedia says during the Campanium, about 72 million years ago. It offers no source directly, but mentions a 1997 article https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archelon
 * this article says the Campanian  User:Dunkleosteus77 &#124;push to talk 14:06, 30 July 2021 (UTC)