Titanoboa (/ ˌtaɪtənəˈboʊə /; lit. 'titanic boa') is a genus of extinct giant boid snake (being the biological family of all boas and anacondas) that lived during the middle and late Paleocene epoch.

Jan 23, 2025 · Meet the snakes that once slithered underneath dinosaurs, swam the world’s oceans and terrified our ancestors…

Dec 4, 2025 · Titanoboa, (Titanoboa cerrejonensis), extinct snake that lived during the Paleocene Epoch (66 million to 56 million years ago), considered to be the largest known member of the suborder …

May 9, 2025 · Titanoboa was a massive prehistoric snake that lived after dinosaurs became extinct, reaching 50 feet long. Unlike today's boa constrictors, Titanoboa hunted like a crocodile, ambushing …

Dec 22, 2023 · Titanoboa was a massive snake similar to today's anaconda, but a prehistoric apex predator. Learn where it was located and why it went extinct.

May 27, 2024 · Titanoboa, the largest snake ever discovered, lived around 58 million years ago in what is now Colombia, reaching lengths of 42 to 47 feet (12.8 to 14.3 meters). It thrived in a hot, swampy …

Oct 16, 2025 · So far, the South American nation of Colombia has the only known fossils of the huge serpent. It is through these scant remains that paleontologists were able to estimate the size of this …

From a fossil bed deep within Colombia’s Cerrejón coal mine emerges Titanoboa, the largest snake ever found. This Paleocene reptile—from the epoch following the dinosaurs’ demise—stretches our …

Oct 15, 2022 · Titanoboa, the enormous serpent of legend, thrived in the tropical jungles of South America some five million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs. The death of the giant reptiles …

Jul 19, 2025 · In 2009, researchers unearthed fossil remains of an ancient snake that once slithered through tropical wetlands shortly after the dinosaurs disappeared. Known as Titanoboa …