Titanoboa snake

Titanoboa – Wikipedia

Titanoboa | fossil reptile – Encyclopedia Britannica

Titanoboa | fossil reptile | Britannica

Titanoboa, (Titanoboa cerrejonensis), extinct snake that lived during the Paleocene Epoch (66 million to 56 million years ago), considered to be the largest known member of the suborder Serpentes. Titanoboa is known from several fossils that have been dated to 58 million to 60 million years ago. From extrapolations of body size made from excavated vertebrae (individual sections of the backbone), paleontologists have estimated that the body length of the average adult Titanoboa was roughly 13 metres (42.7 feet) and the average weight about 1,135 kg (1.25 tons). Titanoboa is related to living anacondas and boas, but it is uncertain

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Titanoboa, The Gigantic Snake That Terrorized Prehistoric Colombia

Measuring up to 50 feet long and weighing up to 2,500 pounds, the Titanoboa snake stalked the jungles of South America 60 million years ago.

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If you’ve been on social media in the last few days, you’ve probably seen a video that purports to show the world’s largest snake. A Twitter user recently uploaded the footage on the microblogging platform.

What Is the Largest Snake That Ever Existed? – Newsweek

What Is the Largest Snake That Ever Existed?

The Titanoboa—the largest known snake to ever exist—was as long as a school bus, growing to an estimated 50 feet long and 3 feet wide.

Titanoboa: Monster Snake – SITES | Smithsonian Affiliations

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Discovery of the giant snake, Titanoboa | Secrets of the Dead

Graveyard of the Giant Beasts | Discovery of the giant snake, Titanoboa | Secrets of the Dead | PBS

Experts examined the bones they discovered at the Cerrejón mine. They recognized that although it was the size of a crocodile vertebrae, it actually belonged to a snake. Anacondas are the largest snakes alive today, but their vertebrae are dwarfed when placed next to that of the Cerrejón monster. Weighing more than a ton, this giant snake was five times bigger than the largest alive today.

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