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12.8 Metres and More than a Ton: in a Coal Mine in Colombia, Paleontologists Pulled a 60 Million-Year-Old Snake Out of the Rock

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A 12.8-metre-long snake, weighing more than one ton, had been sleeping for nearly 60 million years under a Colombian coal mine. Titanoboa's vertebrae, dated from 58 to 60 million years, were discovered in the open-pit coal mine in Cerrejón, Colombia. This mining, one of the most [...]
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A 12.8-metre-long snake, weighing more than one ton, had been sleeping for nearly 60 million years under a Colombian coal mine. Titanoboa's vertebrae, dated from 58 to 60 million years, were discovered in the open-pit coal mine in Cerrejón, Colombia. This mining, one of the most [...]

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SciencePost broke the news on Saturday, October 24, 2026.
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