About: Colossochelys atlas   Sponge Permalink

An Entity of Type : owl:Thing, within Data Space : 134.155.108.49:8890 associated with source dataset(s)

Other members of the family Testudinidae are generally small (7–35 cm (2.8–13.8 in) long). C. atlas is the largest known member of the family, with a shell length of about 2.1 m (6.9 ft), an estimated total length of 2.5 to 2.7 m (8.2 to 8.9 ft), and an approximate total height of 1.8 m (5.9 ft). Weight estimates vary greatly: some go as high as 3 to 4 metric tonnes (3000 to 4000 kg), but a weight of around 1 mt (1000 kg) is probably more realistic.[4] The only larger turtles were the oceanic Archelon and Protostega from the Cretaceous period, and the aquatic Stupendemys of the South American late Miocene. In life, C. atlas would have resembled a giant Galápagos tortoise.

AttributesValues
rdfs:label
  • Colossochelys atlas
rdfs:comment
  • Other members of the family Testudinidae are generally small (7–35 cm (2.8–13.8 in) long). C. atlas is the largest known member of the family, with a shell length of about 2.1 m (6.9 ft), an estimated total length of 2.5 to 2.7 m (8.2 to 8.9 ft), and an approximate total height of 1.8 m (5.9 ft). Weight estimates vary greatly: some go as high as 3 to 4 metric tonnes (3000 to 4000 kg), but a weight of around 1 mt (1000 kg) is probably more realistic.[4] The only larger turtles were the oceanic Archelon and Protostega from the Cretaceous period, and the aquatic Stupendemys of the South American late Miocene. In life, C. atlas would have resembled a giant Galápagos tortoise.
dcterms:subject
abstract
  • Other members of the family Testudinidae are generally small (7–35 cm (2.8–13.8 in) long). C. atlas is the largest known member of the family, with a shell length of about 2.1 m (6.9 ft), an estimated total length of 2.5 to 2.7 m (8.2 to 8.9 ft), and an approximate total height of 1.8 m (5.9 ft). Weight estimates vary greatly: some go as high as 3 to 4 metric tonnes (3000 to 4000 kg), but a weight of around 1 mt (1000 kg) is probably more realistic.[4] The only larger turtles were the oceanic Archelon and Protostega from the Cretaceous period, and the aquatic Stupendemys of the South American late Miocene. In life, C. atlas would have resembled a giant Galápagos tortoise. Like the modern Galápagos tortoise, C. atlas's weight was supported by four elephantine feet. Since most members of the related genus Testudo are herbivores, paleontologists presume C. atlas had the same diet. When a predator threatened it, C. atlas could probably retract its limbs and head into its shell, like its modern relatives.
Alternative Linked Data Views: ODE     Raw Data in: CXML | CSV | RDF ( N-Triples N3/Turtle JSON XML ) | OData ( Atom JSON ) | Microdata ( JSON HTML) | JSON-LD    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3217, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu), Standard Edition
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2012 OpenLink Software