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Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee discovered fossilized remnants of what they believe to be a giant madtsoiid snake of the early-middle Eocene epoch, approximately 50 million years ago. They made their discovery while fossil hunting at the Panandhro Lignite Mine in Kutch, Western India–finding an excellently preserved, partial vertebral column of the giant Eocene snake.
“We report the discovery of a giant madtsoiid snake, one of largest snakes ever reported, from an interval corresponding to a warm Middle Eocene period of India,” write the authors in a recent) the largest known madtsoiid snake, which thrived during a warm geological interval with average temperatures estimated at 28 °C.”to be the largest known snake in the extinct madtsoiid family. Given the shape of its vertebral column, they don’t believe the snake was water-dwelling.
The Madtsoiidae is a family of extinct snakes that lived from the Cretaceous period through the Cenozoic era. These snakes were typically large, with some species reaching several meters in length, and they likely functioned as constrictors akin to modern boas and pythons. Fossils of madtsoiid snakes have been unearthed on various continents, indicating a broad geographical distribution during their existence.
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