Ancient crocodile relative likely food source for Titanoboa, largest snake ever known

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 22:28 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A 60-million-year-old relative of crocodiles was likely a food source for Titanoboa, the largest snake the world has ever known. Paleontologists found fossils of the new species of ancient crocodile in the Cerrejon Formation in northern Colombia. The site, one of the world's largest open-pit coal mines, also yielded skeletons of the giant, boa constrictor-like Titanoboa, which measured up to 45 feet long.

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