![]() The discovery of Titanoboa cerrejonensis supplanted the previous record holder, Gigantophis garstini, which is known from the Eocene of Egypt. Titanoboa is in the subfamily Boinae, being most closely related to other extant boines from Madagascar and the Pacific. It was originally known only from thoracic vertebrae and ribs, but later expeditions collected parts of the skull and teeth. It was named and described in 2009 as Titanoboa cerrejonensis, the largest snake ever found. Titanoboa was first discovered in the 2000s by students from the University of Florida and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, who recovered 186 fossils of Titanoboa from La Guajira. ![]() 'titanic boa') is an extinct genus of giant boid, the family that includes all boas and anacondas, snake that lived in what is now La Guajira in northeastern Colombia during the middle and late Paleocene. ![]() Titanoboa ( / ˌ t aɪ t ə n ə ˈ b oʊ ə/ lit.
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