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- Colossochelys_atlas abstract "Colossochelys atlas, formerly also known as Geochelone atlas or Testudo atlas and initially described in 1837 (later withdrawn) as Megalochelys sivalensis, is an extinct species of cryptodire turtle from the Miocene through the Pleistocene periods. During the dry glacial periods it ranged from western India and Pakistan (possibly even as far west as southern and eastern Europe) to as far east as Sulawesi and Timor in Indonesia.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. 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.".
- Colossochelys_atlas thumbnail Colossochelys_atlas.jpg?width=300.
- Colossochelys_atlas wikiPageID "5550498".
- Colossochelys_atlas wikiPageRevisionID "601720436".
- Colossochelys_atlas binomialAuthority "Falconer & Cautley, 1844".
- Colossochelys_atlas fossilRange Miocene.
- Colossochelys_atlas fossilRange Pleistocene.
- Colossochelys_atlas genus "Colossochelys".
- Colossochelys_atlas hasPhotoCollection Colossochelys_atlas.
- Colossochelys_atlas imageCaption "Skeleton at the American Museum of Natural History".
- Colossochelys_atlas species "atlas".
- Colossochelys_atlas synonyms "*Geochelone atlas *Testudo atlas (Lydekker, 1880) *Megalochelys sivalensis (Falconer & Cautley, 1837)".
- Colossochelys_atlas subject Category:Megafauna_of_Eurasia.
- Colossochelys_atlas subject Category:Pleistocene_reptiles.
- Colossochelys_atlas subject Category:Prehistoric_reptiles_of_Asia.
- Colossochelys_atlas subject Category:Testudinidae.
- Colossochelys_atlas type Animal100015388.
- Colossochelys_atlas type Chordate101466257.
- Colossochelys_atlas type LivingThing100004258.
- Colossochelys_atlas type Object100002684.
- Colossochelys_atlas type Organism100004475.
- Colossochelys_atlas type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Colossochelys_atlas type PleistoceneReptiles.
- Colossochelys_atlas type PrehistoricReptilesOfAsia.
- Colossochelys_atlas type Reptile101661091.
- Colossochelys_atlas type Vertebrate101471682.
- Colossochelys_atlas type Whole100003553.
- Colossochelys_atlas type Reptile.
- Colossochelys_atlas comment "Colossochelys atlas, formerly also known as Geochelone atlas or Testudo atlas and initially described in 1837 (later withdrawn) as Megalochelys sivalensis, is an extinct species of cryptodire turtle from the Miocene through the Pleistocene periods.".
- Colossochelys_atlas label "Colossochelys atlas".
- Colossochelys_atlas sameAs m.0ds3fn.
- Colossochelys_atlas sameAs Colossochelys_atlas.
- Colossochelys_atlas wasDerivedFrom Colossochelys_atlas?oldid=601720436.
- Colossochelys_atlas depiction Colossochelys_atlas.jpg.
- Colossochelys_atlas isPrimaryTopicOf Colossochelys_atlas.