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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.
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.
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 ...
Restoration of Palaeophis maghrebianus Illustration of articulated vertebrae of P. toliapicus from Sheppy and Bracklesham, England, UK. These species varied broadly in size; Palaeophis casei is the smallest at 1.3 metres of length, while the largest species, Palaeophis colossaeus, is estimated to have been 8.1–12.3 m (27–40 ft) long based on isolated vertebrae, [4] [8] making it one of the ...
Deciduousness was dominant, probably to conserve energy by retroactively shedding leaves and retaining some energy rather than having them die from frostbite. [134] In south-central Alaska, the Chickaloon Formation preserves peat-forming swamps dominated by taxodiaceous conifers and clastic floodplains occupied by angiosperm–conifer forests.
BibleProject (also known as The Bible Project) is a non-profit, [1] crowdfunded organization based in Portland, Oregon, focused on creating free educational resources to help people understand the Bible. The organization was founded in 2014 by Tim Mackie and Jon Collins.
Kibroth Hattaavah or Kibroth-hattaavah (Hebrew: קִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָה, graves of craving) is one of the locations which the Israelites passed through during their Exodus journey, recorded in the Book of Numbers. [1]
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.