Fossil remains discovered in India have been identified as belonging to an enormous, 47-million-year-old extinct snake. Though only a few of the animal’s vertebrae were recovered, researchers ...

A fossil of a brand new species of ancient ... The researchers uncovered 27 vertebrae of this snake, each of which was ...

Initially mistaken for fossils of a crocodile-like reptile, further analysis confirmed that they actually belonged to a prehistoric snake. The shape and structure of the vertebrae showed that ...