Complex sentence: The size of "T. cerrejonensis" has also provided clues as to the earth's climate during its existence; because snakes are ectothermic, the discovery implies that the tropics, the creature's habitat, must have been warmer than previously thought, averaging about.
Split into simpler sentences: The size of "T. cerrejonensis" has provided clues as to the earth's climate during its existence. Because snakes are ectothermic, the discovery implies that the tropics, the creature's habitat, must have been warmer than previously thought, averaging about.