Reptile
Titanoboa
It is among the largest snakes discovered in the fossil record.
A coal mine in Colombia preserved the remains of one of the largest known snakes: Titanoboa.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Titanoboa at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Paleogene
- Group
- Boidae
- Boas
- Fossil locations
- Colombia
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Titanoboa
The discovery took place in Cerrejón and the scientific description was published in 2009. At first, vertebrae and ribs were known, enough pieces to begin investigating an extraordinary animal. Later expeditions added more material.
The story of this snake links two very different landscapes: the place where it lived and the mine where its fossils appeared. Sediments allow animals to be recovered from a disappeared environment, even if the current surface no longer resembles their former home.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Boidae
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Existing English translations have been selected and arranged for this encyclopedia. Repeated period and diet text is omitted where those fields already carry it. Unknown facts remain unfilled; unreviewed geological age phrases are omitted and period labels replace numerical ages.
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