Titanoboa A Giant Prehistoric Snake

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Hi, welcome to Enchiridion. I am honored to share with you these facts on the legendary Titanoboa! • Titanoboa was a very large snake that lived in what is now La Guajira in northeastern Colombia. They could grow up to 42 feet, or 12.8 meters long and reach a weight of 2,500 pounds, or 1,135 kilograms. Fossils of Titanoboa have been found in the Cerrejón Formation, and date to around 58 to 60 million years ago. This giant snake lived during the Middle to Late Paleocene epoch, a 10-million-year period immediately following the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. The only known species is Titanoboa cerrejonensis, the largest snake ever discovered, which surpassed the previous record holder, Gigantophis. • In 2009, the fossils of 28 individuals of Titanoboa cerrejonensis were found in the Cerrejón Formation of the coal mines of Cerrejón in La Guajira, Colombia. The snake was discovered on an expedition by a team of international scientists led by Jonathan Bloch, a University of Florida vertebrate paleontologist, and Carlos Jaramillo, a paleobotanist from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. • Titanoboa means “titanic boa”. • It was named by Head in 2009. • Titanoboa belongs to the Kingdom Animalia, the Phylum Chordata, the Class Reptilia, the Order Squamata, the Suborder Serpentes, the Family Boidae, the Genus Titanoboa, and the Type Species Titanoboa cerrejonensis. • The only species within the Genus is the Type Species, Titanoboa cerrejonensis. • Titanoboa was a carnivore, and most probably a piscivore, or fish-eater, as evidenced by numerous anatomical features. • At the thickest part of the body, it was up to 3.3 feet, or 1 meter wide. Nonetheless, comparisons between the sizes and shapes of its fossilized vertebrae with those of extant snakes have estimated the largest individuals of Titanoboa cerrejonensis had a total length of around 42 feet, or 12.8 meters and weighed about 2,500 pounds, or 1.12 long tons, 1.25 short tons, and 1,135 kilograms. • Titanoboa has been discovered in the Cerrejón Formation of Colombia, South America. • It lived during the Selandian of the Mid-Late Palaeocene, 58 to 60 million years ago. • And with that, thank you for joining me in this Prehistoric Beasts episode! This is Enchiridion, see you next time. • #Enchiridion #PrehistoricBeasts #Titanoboa • Table of Contents: • 0:00 - Introduction • 1:12 - Discovery • 1:47 - Habitat • 2:23 - Description; How Big Was Titanoboa and Why Did It Grow So Large? • 2:56 - Paleobiology; Growth Due To Higher Temperatures • 4:36 - Disagreement With Climate Estimate • 5:14 - Description; Dubious Sensationalized Sizes • 6:01 - Historical Eyewitnesses Of Giant Snakes and Confusing Sizes • 7:04 - Size By Gender • 7:27 - When and Where Did Titanoboa Live? • 8:14 - Paleobiology; How Did Titanoboa Kill? • 8:42 - Constrictors • 9:36 - Probably Recurved Teeth • 10:20 - Great Range Of Movement For The Mouth • 11:12 - Digestion • 11:37 - Hunting Behavior • 12:16 - Titanoboa In The Water • 13:18 - What Did Titanoboa Eat? • 15:10 - Piscivorous • 16:41 - Cannibalism • 17:07 - Destroyed Fossils • 17:34 - Extinction; Why Did Titanoboa Go Extinct? • 18:20 - Declining Average Global Temperatures • 19:04 - Replaced By Smaller Snakes • 19:48 - Habitat Change • 20:14 - The Cerrejón Formation • 20:42 - Naming • 20:46 - Named By • 20:50 - Scientific Classification • 21:08 - Species • 21:21 - Diet • 21:29 - Size and Weight • 22:02 - Known Locations • 22:09 - Time Period • 22:16 - Fossil Representation • 22:21 - Popular Culture • 23:33 - Conclusion • 24:38 - Outro • _____ • Sources: • How Titanoboa, THE 40-foot-long SNAKE, was found. (2012, April 01). Retrieved April 25, 2021, from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc... • Kwok, R. (2009, February 04). Scientists find world's biggest snake. Retrieved April 25, 2021, from https://www.nature.com/news/2009/0902... • Titanoboa. (2021, April 20). Retrieved April 25, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanoboa • Titanoboa. (n.d.). Retrieved April 25, 2021, from https://www.britannica.com/animal/Tit... • Www.prehistoric-wildlife.com, D. (n.d.). Titanoboa. Retrieved April 25, 2021, from http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/s... • Yong, E. (2021, February 10). Titanoboa – THIRTEEN Metres, one tonne, largest Snake ever. Retrieved April 25, 2021, from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/sc... • Rathore, Amna. “Life Cycle Assessment of Titanoboa and Its Activities.” R. N.p., 2012. Web. 25 Apr. 2021. https://open.library.ubc.ca/collectio.... Undergraduate Research. • Head, J., Bloch, J., Hastings, A. et al. Giant boid snake from the Palaeocene neotropics reveals hotter past equatorial temperatures. Nature 457, 715–717 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature07671

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