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Fossil of monster snake unearthed in Colombia
42-foot, 1-ton 'titanic boa' ruled post-dinosaur age
USA TODAY
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McLean, Va.
| Author: |
Janice Lloyd |
| Date: |
Feb 5, 2009 |
| Start Page: |
A.2 |
| Section: |
NEWS |
| Text Word Count: |
457 |
Abstract (Document Summary)
The study says titanoboa (it means "titanic boa") was the largest non-marine vertebrate from the epoch following the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago, and "greatly exceeds the largest verifiable body lengths" of the largest-known python (29.53 feet) or Eunectes, a species of which the anaconda is a member (22.97 feet).
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