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Published: 2008-10-24 04:38:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 4948; Favourites: 98; Downloads: 0
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Archelon ischyros, a sea turtle from the late Cretaceous of North America. It measured about 4 meters in length. A slightly modified version of my 2007 drawing.Related content
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Now that's just beautiful...
Very nice job on the textures!
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Giant sea turtle. Good work on the water reflections and the colors.
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Nice! This is actually on the Wikipedia page on Archelon--sans the signature. Were you aware of that?
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My apologies. When I first asked that question, I suspected that you might have been another person who opened an account and treated it like Photobucket (I've seen it happen quite a bit), instead of submitting their own art. However, upon closer inspection, I've come to see that you are, indeed, the original artist. I suppose the idea of a piece found on deviantART being used on a Wikipedia page was so shocking to me, that my suspicions became aroused. Nevertheless, I apologize again for indirectly accusing you like that.
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No pb! Just curious: what's so shocking about having a dA piece on wikipedia? Loads of people are uploading images both on wiki and dA...
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Well, I guess it was shocking to me mainly because I had just never encountered it before. I mean, on certain internet-related articles, maybe, but never on a scientific/historical article. I guess I'll be a little more relaxed about it in the future, now.
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I featured this picture in my latest journal here! What a great picture!
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Many thanks! Really appreciated
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ahh, a classic prehistoric animal, great work
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Awesome, sure wish these things were still roaming our oceans
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They're actually the ancestors of the giant leatherback turtles aren't they?
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No: leatherbacks are more closely related to modern seaturtles than they are to Archelon
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It certainly looks that way! The only difference is that these guys were huge
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actually, leatherback turtles are the largest turtle species on earth.
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No, wait, Leatherback Turtle are the largest LIVING turtle on earth but Archelon grew actually larger.
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