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Titanoboa could grow up to 12.8 m (42 ft) long, perhaps even up to 14.3 m (47 ft) long, and weigh around 730–1,135 kg (1,610–2,500 lb). The discovery of Titanoboa cerrejonensis supplanted the previous record holder, Gigantophis garstini, which is known from the Eocene of Egypt.
Titanoboa: Monster Snake is a 2012 documentary film produced by the Smithsonian Institution.The documentary treats Titanoboa, the largest snake ever found.Fossils of the snake were uncovered from the Cerrejón Formation at Cerrejón, the tenth biggest coal mine in the world in the Cesar-Ranchería Basin of La Guajira, northern Colombia, covering an area larger than Washington, D.C. [1] The ...
Life reconstruction. In a phylogenetic analyses, Vasuki is recovered as a member of the extinct snake clade Madtsoiidae as the sister taxon to the clade formed by Madtsoia pisdurensis (Late Cretaceous India) and Gigantophis garstini (Late Eocene North Africa). It is a member of a lineage of medium–large bodied madtsoiids, which is in turn the ...
A diagram showing the estimated lengths of Gigantophis garstini compared to other large snakes.. Jason Head, of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, has compared fossil Gigantophis garstini vertebrae to those of the largest modern snakes, and concluded that the extinct snake could grow from 9.3 to 10.7 m (30.5 to 35.1 ft) in length.
Netflix's Blonde has renewed interest in the actress' short but memorable life. The actress appeared in Gentelmen Prefer Blondes and other classic movies. How Marilyn Monroe Died in Real Life
In real life, Callas did in fact pass away in her Paris apartment, as the movies depicts. Callas died on September 16, 1977, having suffered a heart attack; she was just 53 years old.
Anacondas or water boas are a group of large boas of the genus Eunectes.They are a semiaquatic group of snakes found in tropical South America.Three to five extant and one extinct species are currently recognized, including one of the largest snakes in the world, E. murinus, the green anaconda.
Ramis, 69, died early Monday morning of complications from vasculitis, which causes inflammation and damage to blood vessels, said Chris Day, a spokesman at United Talent Agency. Ramis was ...