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Gigantophis is an extinct genus represented by its sole member Gigantophis garstini, a giant snake. Before the Paleocene constrictor genus Titanoboa was described from Colombia in 2009, Gigantophis garstini was regarded as the largest snake ever recorded.
Mar 17, 2017 · Gigantophis. Gigantophis (South American Reptiles). By. Bob Strauss. Updated on March 17, 2017. Name: Gigantophis (Greek for "giant snake"); pronounced jih-GAN-toe-fiss. Habitat: Woodlands of northern Africa and southern Asia.
May 27, 2024 · Gigantophis was a massive prehistoric serpent that emerged during the Eocene epoch, about 26 million years after the dinosaurs ruled the Earth. Gigantophis garstini, as it's scientifically known, was a true giant of its time, believed to have measured around 36 feet (11 meters) in length.
Aug 16, 2017 · Madtsoiidae is a speciose family of extinct snakes that achieved a wide Gondwanan and trans-Tethyan distribution by the Late Cretaceous, surviving until the late Pleistocene. Gigantophis garstini, the first and largest described madtsoiid, was recovered from the upper Eocene of Fayum, Egypt.
Apr 18, 2024 · Here we report the discovery of fossils representing partial vertebral column of a giant madtsoiid snake from an early Middle Eocene (Lutetian, ~ 47 Ma) lignite-bearing succession in Kutch ...
Mar 26, 2022 · The Gigantophis (scientific name: Gigantophis garstini) was an incredibly enormous snake that lived during the Late Eocene Era. The species has been classified as a member of the ‘madtsoiidae’ family that includes other prehistoric snakes including the smaller Madtsoia and Wonambi.
Gigantophis is an extinct snake which lived approximately 40 million to 35 million years ago during the Late Eocene Period. It was first discovered around the turn of the 20th century in Africa and was named in 1901 by Charles William Andrews.
Jul 4, 2024 · Gigantopithecus, genus of large extinct apes represented by a single species, Gigantopithecus blacki, which lived during the Pleistocene Epoch (2.6 million to 11,700 years ago). Gigantopithecus is considered to be a sister genus of Pongo (the genus that contains living orangutans) in the family Hominidae.
Jan 10, 2024 · The largest ever primate and one of the largest of the southeast Asian megafauna, Gigantopithecus blacki 1, persisted in China from about 2.0 million years until the late middle Pleistocene when...
Gigantophis is an extinct genus represented by its sole member Gigantophis garstini, a giant snake. [3] Before the Paleocene constrictor genus Titanoboa was described from Colombia in 2009, Gigantophis garstini was regarded as the largest snake ever recorded.
