India, April 19 -- IIT Roorkee's Continued Paleontological Contributions, Reinforcing India's Paleontological Prominence

Roorkee : In a remarkable discovery by Prof Sunil Bajpai and post-doctoral fellow Debajit Datta from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, an ancient species of snake believed to be one of the largest ever to have roamed the Earth has been unveiled. This ground-breaking find adds to the institution's growing list of significant fossil discoveries, further solidifying IIT Roorkee's reputation as a leader in paleontological research.

The newly identified snake, named Vasuki Indicus, inhabited the region of present-day Gujarat around 47 million years ago during the Middle Eocene period. It belonged to the no...