This paleontological restoration is inaccurate, or its accuracy is disputed.
Reason: Beak not hooked enough, head is too bulbous, too many ridges on the carapace, all-in-all looks almost identical to a leatherback sea turtle
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Summary
DescriptionArchelon ischyros.png
English: A reconstruction of Archelon ischyros on a beach. Color based on that of a leatherback turtle.
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