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Research by IIT Roorkee experts leads to discovery of ancient giant snake species with Indian lineage
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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Gargantuan Serpent Fossil Unearthed in India Could Rewrite History
Named Vasuki Indicus, after the mythical king of serpents ... Co-author Sunil Bajpai, a vertebrate paleontologist at IIT Roorkee, acknowledged the challenges of estimating Vasuki’s size without ...
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2025 10:49 PM IST Radhika Munshi took degrees from IIT and IIM but took a risk and chased her passion. Analiza Pathak February 26, 2025 7:27 PM IST Researchers gave it the name Vasuki indicus ...
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Is this snake actually longer than a school bus? Get to know Vasuki indicus, the longest snake to have ever lived
Vasuki indicus, a prehistoric snake fossil discovered in Gujarat, India, measures an astounding 49 feet in length, surpassing even the Titanoboa. This 47-million-year-old giant from the Eocene ...