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Titanoboa cerrejonensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Subclass: Diapsida
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Subfamily: Boinae
Genus: Titanoboa
Species: Titanboa cerrejonensis
Era - Paleocene Epoch, a 10-million-year period immediately following the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago
Known Distribution : Columbia
Length - 13 metres (42ft) from nose to tail, in a range of 10.64-15 metres.
Weight (estimate) - 1,140kg (2,500lb), with a range of 730kg to 2.03 tonnes.
Diet : giant turtles and primitive crocodiles
Titanoboa, /taɪˌtænəˈboʊ.ə/; meaning "titanic boa,"[1] is an extinct genus of snake that lived approximately 60–58 million years ago, during the Paleocene epoch,[2] a 10-million-year period immediately following the dinosaur extinction event.[3] The only known species is Titanoboa cerrejonensis, the largest, longest, and heaviest snake ever discovered,[2] which supplanted the previous record holder, Gigantophis.
By comparing the sizes and shapes of its fossilized vertebrae to those of extant snakes, researchers estimated that the largest individuals of T. cerrejonensis found had a total length of around 12.8 m (42 ft) and weighed about 1,135 kg (2,500 lb).[1]
In 2009, the fossils of 28 individual T. cerrejonensis were found in the Cerrejón Formation of the coal mines of Cerrejón in La Guajira, Colombia.[1][2] Prior to this discovery, few fossils of Paleocene-epoch vertebrates had been found in ancient tropical environments of South America.[4] The snake was discovered on an expedition by a team of international scientists led by Jonathan Bloch, a University of Florida vertebrate paleontologist, and Carlos Jaramillo, a paleobotanist from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.[3]
In 2011, Charlie Brinson and his team created a 10-metre-long (33 ft) electromechanical, robotic reincarnation of the Titanoboa snake, using twenty high-strength aluminum vertebrae and forty proportional hydraulic cylinders. There are plans to extend it to the full 15-metre (49 ft) length.[10]
On 22 March 2012, a full-scale-model replica of a 15-metre-long (49 ft), 1,100-kilogram (2,425 lb) Titanoboa was displayed in Grand Central Station in New York City. It was a promotion for a TV show on the Smithsonian Channel called Titanoboa: Monster Snake which aired 1 April 2012.[11]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanoboa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Subclass: Diapsida
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Subfamily: Boinae
Genus: Titanoboa
Species: Titanboa cerrejonensis
Era - Paleocene Epoch, a 10-million-year period immediately following the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago
Known Distribution : Columbia
Length - 13 metres (42ft) from nose to tail, in a range of 10.64-15 metres.
Weight (estimate) - 1,140kg (2,500lb), with a range of 730kg to 2.03 tonnes.
Diet : giant turtles and primitive crocodiles
Titanoboa, /taɪˌtænəˈboʊ.ə/; meaning "titanic boa,"[1] is an extinct genus of snake that lived approximately 60–58 million years ago, during the Paleocene epoch,[2] a 10-million-year period immediately following the dinosaur extinction event.[3] The only known species is Titanoboa cerrejonensis, the largest, longest, and heaviest snake ever discovered,[2] which supplanted the previous record holder, Gigantophis.
By comparing the sizes and shapes of its fossilized vertebrae to those of extant snakes, researchers estimated that the largest individuals of T. cerrejonensis found had a total length of around 12.8 m (42 ft) and weighed about 1,135 kg (2,500 lb).[1]
In 2009, the fossils of 28 individual T. cerrejonensis were found in the Cerrejón Formation of the coal mines of Cerrejón in La Guajira, Colombia.[1][2] Prior to this discovery, few fossils of Paleocene-epoch vertebrates had been found in ancient tropical environments of South America.[4] The snake was discovered on an expedition by a team of international scientists led by Jonathan Bloch, a University of Florida vertebrate paleontologist, and Carlos Jaramillo, a paleobotanist from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.[3]
In 2011, Charlie Brinson and his team created a 10-metre-long (33 ft) electromechanical, robotic reincarnation of the Titanoboa snake, using twenty high-strength aluminum vertebrae and forty proportional hydraulic cylinders. There are plans to extend it to the full 15-metre (49 ft) length.[10]
On 22 March 2012, a full-scale-model replica of a 15-metre-long (49 ft), 1,100-kilogram (2,425 lb) Titanoboa was displayed in Grand Central Station in New York City. It was a promotion for a TV show on the Smithsonian Channel called Titanoboa: Monster Snake which aired 1 April 2012.[11]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanoboa
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