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Vasuki is an extinct genus of madtsoiid snake from the Middle Eocene Naredi Formation of India. The genus contains a single species , V. indicus , known from several vertebrae . Vasuki has an estimated body length between 10.9–15.2 m (36–50 ft), making it the largest known madtsoiid.
Fossils unearthed in India revealed a prehistoric snake that may have been one of the longest to have ever lived, ... where the giant snake Vasuki indicus was found. - S. Bajpai/D. Datta/P. Verma.
Lepisosteus indicus, the Indian gar [1], is an extinct species of gar known from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) and early Paleocene of India.It is known from a single articulated but poorly-preserved skull and a lost set of vertebrae from the Lameta Formation [2], in addition to numerous isolated scales and teeth from the Lameta Formation and Intertrappean Beds.
Sanajeh (meaning "ancient gape" in Sanskrit) [1] is a genus of late Cretaceous madtsoiid snake from western India. A fossil described in 2010 from the Lameta Formation was found coiled around an egg and an adjacent skeleton of a 50 cm (19 in) long sauropod dinosaur hatchling. This suggests that the snake preyed on hatchling sauropods at nesting ...
The mine is located in the Panandhro area of the Kutch district in western India's state of Gujarat. ... another huge prehistoric snake called Titanoboa, whose fossils were discovered in a coal ...
A ancient giant snake in India might have been longer than a school bus and weighed a ton, researchers reported Thursday. The newly discovered behemoth lived 47 million years ago in western India ...
Naredi Formation (India) The Naredi Formation is a Cenozoic geologic formation in India . Remains of large snakes such as Vasuki are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, as well as other flora and fauna .
Meanwhile in India, paleontologists at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee unearthed evidence of a different massive reptile: a prehistoric snake that was longer than a school bus. A long ...