Scientists
from the Smithsonian, managed to reconstruct the form of a snake that
allegedly did not legged reptiles biggest ever in the world. Snake named
Titanoboa body has a 14.6 meter long and weighs 1.13 tons.
"Titanoboa lived about 60 million years ago. Fossil snake vertebrae was first discovered in the ancient forests of northern Colombia Paleocene age. The fossil remains found in a mine in the Cerrejon, Colombia, along with fossils of turtles and alligator, "said Jonathan Bloch, a paleontologist and curator of the Florida Museum of Natural History, as reported by the Daily Mail, Sunday, March 25, 2012.
According to Bloch, for about 10 million years ago, snake Titanoboa was the largest predator on land after the extinction of the dinosaurs. "Titanoboa
into a giant snake in his day, "said Bloch.
The discovery is expected to be made in the form of film, which shows how the process of the invention presents a snake that lived tens of millions of years ago. "These creatures are perhaps only a fantasy in the film by Spielberg. But it can be proven," said David Royale, Head of Programming Smithsonian Channel.
To promote this film, it was deliberately made the statue of a snake Titanoboa in actual size, and exhibited in New York's Grand Central. viva
"Titanoboa lived about 60 million years ago. Fossil snake vertebrae was first discovered in the ancient forests of northern Colombia Paleocene age. The fossil remains found in a mine in the Cerrejon, Colombia, along with fossils of turtles and alligator, "said Jonathan Bloch, a paleontologist and curator of the Florida Museum of Natural History, as reported by the Daily Mail, Sunday, March 25, 2012.
According to Bloch, for about 10 million years ago, snake Titanoboa was the largest predator on land after the extinction of the dinosaurs. "Titanoboa
into a giant snake in his day, "said Bloch.
The discovery is expected to be made in the form of film, which shows how the process of the invention presents a snake that lived tens of millions of years ago. "These creatures are perhaps only a fantasy in the film by Spielberg. But it can be proven," said David Royale, Head of Programming Smithsonian Channel.
To promote this film, it was deliberately made the statue of a snake Titanoboa in actual size, and exhibited in New York's Grand Central. viva
