Gigantophis garstini was a prehistoric snake which may have measured more than 10 meters (33 feet), larger than any living species of snake.
Life-sized model of Titanoboa devouring a dyrosaurid crocodyliform, from the Smithsonian exhibit (Credit: Ryan Quick, CC BY 2.0) By comparing the vertebrae to those of living snakes, they were able to estimate that Gigantophis was around
Gigantophis garstini, the first and largest described madtsoiid, was recovered from the upper Eocene of Fayum, Egypt.Gigantophis garstini, for example, was a hefty beast that slithered around about 40 million years ago on a body that researchers estimate was anywhere between 23 and 32 feet (7 - 10 m) long, according to a PLOS blog post. Madtsoiidae is a speciose family of extinct snakes that achieved a wide Gondwanan and trans-Tethyan distribution by the Late Cretaceous, surviving until the late Pleistocene.
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