---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: National Science Foundation Update <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 7:03 PM Subject: Prehistoric Fossil Snake is Largest on Record To: [email protected]
Prehistoric Fossil Snake is Largest on Record<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTQxMDUyMiZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9UFJELUJVTC00MTA1MjImZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xMjE1NDcyMTcxJmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFyaWFvZGV0ZS5zbUBnbWFpbC5jb20mdXNlcmlkPW1hcmlhb2RldGUuc21AZ21haWwuY29tJmV4dHJhPSYmJg==&&&100&&&http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114112&govDel=USNSF_51> [image: This artists rendering of the largest snake on record shows its size; it lived in or near water.] Scientists have recovered fossils from a 60-million-year-old South American snake whose length and weight might make today's anacondas seem like garter snakes. Named *Titanoboa cerrejonensis* by its discoverers, the size of the snake's vertebrae suggest it weighed 1,140 kilograms (2,500 pounds) and measured 13 meters (42.7 feet) nose to tail tip. A paper describing the find appears in this week's issue of the journal * Nature*. "At its greatest width, the ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114112&govDel=USNSF_51<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTQxMDUyMiZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9UFJELUJVTC00MTA1MjImZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xMjE1NDcyMTcxJmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFyaWFvZGV0ZS5zbUBnbWFpbC5jb20mdXNlcmlkPW1hcmlhb2RldGUuc21AZ21haWwuY29tJmV4dHJhPSYmJg==&&&101&&&http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114112&govDel=USNSF_51> This is an NSF News item. ------------------------------ This e-mail update was generated automatically based on your subscription to the category listed above. Some updates may belong to more than one category, resulting in duplicate messages. You can adjust your National Science Foundation Update subscriptions or delivery preference at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTQxMDUyMiZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9UFJELUJVTC00MTA1MjImZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xMjE1NDcyMTcxJmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFyaWFvZGV0ZS5zbUBnbWFpbC5jb20mdXNlcmlkPW1hcmlhb2RldGUuc21AZ21haWwuY29tJmV4dHJhPSYmJg==&&&102&&&https://service.govdelivery.com/service/user.html?code=USNSF>. You can also change your e-mail address or stop subscriptions on this page. If you have questions or problems with National Science Foundation Update, please contact [email protected]. National Science Foundation · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cosmology, Mathematics and Philosophy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cosmology-mathematics-and-philosophy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cosmology-mathematics-and-philosophy?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
