Were they enormous? Find out how scientists use fossils to determine how big snakes were in the prehistoric past and discover the largest snake fossil ever found! Germany's conservatives win ...

Titanoboa. This largest snake in the world used to live 60–58 million years ago in what's now called Colombia. Its fossil was discovered in the early 2000s. But in 2005, a million-year-old ...

The first clearly identifiable snake fossils date to the Middle Jurassic (174.1 to 163.5 million years ago). Though they are poorly preserved, it is believed that they likely had hindlimbs. Primitive ...

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Named after the mythical serpent Vasuki from Hindu mythology, it belonged to the now-extinct Madtsoiidae family, a group of ...

To reinforce the legend of their origin and make them more saleable, enterprising Victorians carved snake heads on the ammonite fossils In Whitby, the legend of snakestones dates to the seventh ...

Fossils found in Colombia indicate that a giant snake may have roamed the earth 60 million years ago Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing Our Partners ...

Researchers have discovered fossils of an enormous prehistoric snake named Vasuki indicus in India, which lived around 47 million years ago. Initially thought to be a crocodile, the snake was ...