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In 2024, Vasuki Indicus was discovered as the longest snake in the world, surpassing the Titanoboa. Although the vertebral dimensions of Vasuki are smaller than those of Titanoboa (estimated at 12.8 m (42 ft) ± 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)), the largest length estimates indicate a longer body for Vasuki .
The fossil material was found some time after 2004, and preliminary analyses suggested crocodilian affinities for the fossil material without further review. [ 3 ] In 2024, Vasuki indicus was described as a new genus and species of madtsoiid snake based on these fossil remains.
Fossil vertebrae unearthed in a lignite mine are the remains of one of the largest snakes that ever lived, a monster estimated at up to 49 feet (15 meters) in length - longer than a T. rex - that ...
The King cobra is the longest venomous snake in the world. The longest venomous snake is the king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah), with lengths (recorded in captivity) of up to 5.7 m (19 ft) and a weight of up to 12.7 kg (28 lb). [1] It is also the largest elapid. The second-longest venomous snake in the world is possibly the African black mamba ...
A recently-discovered fossil from Brazil appears to show a snake with four legs. This is the first of its kind known to scientists, and at over 110 million years old, is the oldest snake fossil on ...
A fossil jawbone found by a British girl and her father on a beach in Somerset, England belongs to a gigantic marine reptile dating to 202 million years ago that appears to have been among the ...
Among the colubrids, the most diverse snake family, the largest snakes may be the keeled rat snake (Ptyas carinata) at up to 4 m (13 ft). [76] The genus Drymarchon also contains some of the largest colubrids such as the eastern indigo snake ( Drymarchon couperi) and the indigo snake ( Drymarchon corais ) which can both reach lengths of almost 3 ...
Quetzalcoatlus (/ k ɛ t s əl k oʊ ˈ æ t l ə s /) is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous in North America. The type specimen, recovered in 1971 from the Javelina Formation of Texas, United States, consists of several wing fragments and was described as Quetzalcoatlus northropi in 1975 by Douglas Lawson.