of fossilized remains of a fifty million year-old giant “madtsoiid” snake in western India has reinvigorated the debate surrounding the “world’s biggest ancient snake.”
Using size estimation techniques based on a partially intact fossilized vertebral column, scientists who made the discovery deduce that the giant snake was approximately 35-50 feet long. To put this in perspective, the longest living snake is theLength and girth, however, are two different things when it comes to sizing snakes. The biggest living snake by girth is the green anaconda, which can weigh well over 200 pounds, even though it tends to be slightly shorter than the reticulated python.
And, even though this newly discovered madtsoiid snake may be the longest ancient snake known to science, there’s good evidence to suggest that the, for instance, is estimated to have exceeded weights of 2,000 pounds. Other extant animals in that weight range, for a point of comparison, include the hippopotamus, walrus and American bison.have been found in what is now the Cerrejón Formation in Colombia, indicating it lived in a tropical environment with swampy forests and large rivers..