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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.
The snake elements were described as those of a novel, giant boid snake that they named Titanoboa cerrejonensis. The genus name derives from the Greek word "Titan" in addition to Boa, the type genus of the family Boidae. The species name is a reference to the Cerrejón region it is known from.
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 .
Madtsoiidae is an extinct family of mostly Gondwanan snakes with a fossil record extending from early Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) to late Pleistocene strata located in South America, Africa, India, Australia and Southern Europe.