Fossil Found In Kutch May Belong To Largest Snake To Have Ever Lived: Study
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From the Panandhro Lignite Mine, researchers discovered 27 "mostly well-preserved" bones forming the snake's spinal column, or vertebra, with some connections still intact. They said the vertebrae appeared to be from a fully-grown animal.
Fossils recovered from Kutch in Gujarat may have belonged to the spine of one of the largest snakes to ever have lived, according to new research from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.
From the Panandhro Lignite Mine, researchers discovered 27 "mostly well-preserved" bones forming the snake's spinal column, or vertebra, with some connections still intact. They said the vertebrae appeared to be from a fully-grown animal.
Part of the now-extinct Madtsoiidae family, the snake is estimated to be between roughly 11 and 15 metres long. The Madtsoiidae snake family is known to have lived across a broad geography, including Africa, Europe and India.
