IIT Roorkee's continued contribution to palaeontology research has strengthened India's prominence as a hotspot for important discoveries. The discovery of Vasuki indicus adds to IIT Roorkee's ...

Named Vasuki indicus, this extinct species may ... family and possibly one of the biggest and similar to Titanoboa,” IIT-Roorkee paleontology professor Sunil Bajpai told Times of India.

In a significant discovery, researchers from IIT Roorkee have described fossils of a new snake species which lived around 47 million years ago in Gujarat, as possibly one of the largest snakes to ...

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The shape and structure of the vertebrae showed that ‘Vasuki indicus’ had a thick ... the biggest and similar to Titanoboa,” said IIT-Roorkee paleontology professor Sunil Bajpai What ...

With an estimated length of 36 to 50 feet, Vasuki Indicus rivaled Titanoboa, the largest known snake, and may have weighed around 2,200 pounds. This ancient snake thrived in warm temperatures of ...