Article 6M646 50-Foot-Long Fossil Snake May Be the Largest That Ever Lived

50-Foot-Long Fossil Snake May Be the Largest That Ever Lived

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Isaac Schultz
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A newly described fossil snake in India may be the largest that ever lived, according to a team that studied 27 vertebrae recovered from a lignite mine in India. The new species is dubbed Vasuki indicus-named for India and the mythical serpent that wraps itself around the neck of the Hindu god Shiva. Extrapolating the...

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