Artists impression of Dinosar eating snake, Sanajeh indicus

Fossil in matrix

DINOSAUR EATING SNAKE

A fossilised skeleton of a snake has been discovered in a Dinosaur nest in India, dating from the Cretaceous Period, 67 million years old.
 
It was found wrapped around a baby Titanosaur hatchling, but when fully grown, Titanosaurs weighed up to 100 tons.
 
According to researchers, the snake would not have had the gape to eat Dinosaur eggs, but new hatchlings would have been perfect.
 
The snake was first discovered in India in 1987, but it was not until 2001 that American scientists were able to detect that there was a snake among the eggshells. It is thought that the snake grew up to 3.5 metres long.
 
The snake has been named Sanajeh indicus, which translated from Sanskrit means "ancient gaped one from India".
 
Researchers believe that the snake was attacking a hatchling that had just emerged from the egg. The event was probably then overcome by a natural disaster.