| Scientific Name (Genus) |
Archelon |
| Meaning of Name |
Ruling Turtle |
| Classification |
Order Testudines, Suborder Cryptodira, Superfamily Chelonioidea, Family Protostegidae |
| Total Length |
Approx. 4m |
| Diet |
Omnivorous |
| Period |
Late Cretaceous (approx. 75 million years ago) |
| Subclassification/Species Name |
Archelon ischyros |
| Year of Publication |
1896 |
| Holotype Publication |
Wieland, G. R. (1896). Archelon ischyros: a new gigantic cryptodire testudinate from the Fort Pierre Cretaceous of South Dakota. American Journal of Science, 4th Series 2(12). |
