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Titanoboa (/ ˌ t aɪ t ə n ə ˈ b oʊ ə /; lit. ' titanic boa ') is an extinct genus of giant boid (the family that includes all boas and anacondas) snake that lived during the middle and late Paleocene.
The most massive living member of this highly diverse reptilian order is the green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) of the neotropical riverways.These may exceed 8.8 m (29 ft) and 227 kg (500 lb), although such reports are not fully verified. [7]
The Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) and the Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) are considered the largest truly terrestrial reptiles alive today. [1] While the Aldabra tortoise averages larger at 205 kg (452 lb), the more variable-sized Galapagos tortoise can reach a greater maximum size of 400 kg (880 lb) and 1.85 m (6.1 ...
The largest known prehistoric snake is Titanoboa cerrejonensis, estimated at 12.8 m (42 ft) or even 14.3 m (47 ft) [262] in length and 1,135 kg (2,502 lb) in weight, [263] and madtsoiid Vasuki indicus which is estimated to reach between 11–15 m (36–49 ft). [264]
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 ...
This list includes long-lived organisms that are currently still alive as well as those that are dead. Determining the length of an organism's natural lifespan is complicated by many problems of definition and interpretation, as well as by practical difficulties in reliably measuring age, particularly for extremely old organisms and for those ...
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.
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.