Titanoboa

Titanoboa, /tiˌtɑːnoʊˈboʊə/; meaning "titanic boa,"[1] is an extinct genus of snakes that is known to have lived in present-day La Guajira in northern Colombia. Fossils of Titanoboa have been found in the Cerrejón Formation,[2] and date to around 58 to 60 million years ago. The giant snake lived during the Middle to Late Paleocene epoch,[3] a 10-million-year period immediately following the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event.[4] The only known species is Titanoboa cerrejonensis, the largest snake ever discovered,[3] which supplanted the previous record holder, Gigantophis.
Category:Animals
Category:Creatures
Category:Boinae
Category:Boinae by common name
Category:Fossil taxa described in 2009
Category:Snake genera
Category:Snakes
Category:Reptiles