Snakes That Killed Dinosaurs!

Snakes That Killed Dinosaurs!

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Snakes That Killed Dinosaurs!

Deep in the ancient rainforests of the world – some 66 million-years-ago or so – silent hunters slithered and slid amongst the dinosaurs of the Mesozoic era. These were some of the largest serpents of legend, sitting at the top of the food chain.
These enormous serpents were lethal hunters terrorizing the wild, striking at unsuspecting animals in the prehistoric jungles. But the prized prey of these ancient giant snakes were dinosaurs.
Yeah, you heard that right, dinosaurs didn’t stand a chance against some of the ancient snakes we’re going to show you today.
It was a hellish time to be alive and two kings ruled the jungle at the time; one a dinosaur and another a mega, super-giant serpent that gave it a good fight for the throne.
Stick around to the end of this short video for the ultimate battle between the giant reptile king, T. Rex, and one mighty super snake.

#10. Sanajeh
Sanajeh was believed to have slithered amongst the dinosaurs of the late Cretaceous epoch, 66 to 72 million-years-ago. They were vicious predatory snakes who grew to intimidatingly massive sizes, about 3 to 4 meters long.
These were the first early snakes discovered to have snacked on dinosaurs. Proof of their intriguing choice of meal was based on a 67 million-year-old fossil that was uncovered in West India, way back in 1987.
The clutch of fossilized remains discovered featured the remarkable arrangement of well-preserved snake vertebrae which belonged to the large predatory serpent, named Sanajeh indicus.
The snake was somewhat coiled around dinosaur eggshells and what was later determined to be the bones of a dinosaur nestling.
Scientists believe that Sanajeh lurked around dinosaur nesting grounds, patiently waiting for dinosaur hatchlings to pop out of their rock-hard eggs. The newly hatched baby dinosaurs had soft skeletons and would definitely not have stood a chance against such a seasoned predator as the Sanajeh.
No other ancient snakes have ever been discovered to dine on dinosaurs like the Sanajeh, but scientists infer that many other early snakes likely snacked on defenseless dinosaurs, especially pillaging abandoned dinosaur nesting grounds for some eggs.
Want to find out what other ancient snakes likely had dinosaurs for dinner?

#9. Diablophis
Living in the late Jurassic period about 155 million-years-ago, were the most primitive snakes that man has ever known. These ancestral serpents were stealth-hunting predators given the scientific name, Diablophis gilmorei.
While not much is known about these ancient snakes – with regard to their shape, length, and body form – they are believed to share features with fossils of other early snakes and with modern snakes, as well as with lizards.
We can only assume that Diablophis was a medium sized snake and would have been more than capable of killing small dinosaurs like the Fruitadens, which weighed less than a kilo and measured no more than half-a-meter.
Particularly, and since Diablophis was discovered in what is known as the Morrison Formation of Western North America, these ancient snakes are more likely to have dined on smaller theropod dinosaurs, the likes of Coelurus, which grew to only one-and-half-meters in length, and Aviatyrannis, which weighed no more than 5-kilos. Or, their babies!
A photo-realistic restoration of Diablophis by a Hungarian-Canadian paleo-artist, Julius Csotonyi, gives us an illustration of the primitive serpent slithering about a Late Jurassic dinosaur skull.

#8. Coniophis
This little serpent appeared about 94 million-years-ago during the late cretaceous period and may have very well interacted with the infamous T. Rex…perhaps, she was food to some young tyrannosaurus and pectinodons of the group of dinosaurs called Theropods.
It was quite a small basal snake and it’s unlikely that it would have had dinosaurs for meal. This half-a-meter snake likely picked on small primitive mammals like the Alphadon, an opossum-like ancestral mammal about 30-centimeter tall; dating as far back as the Turonian age 94 million-years-ago.
What is fascinating about Coniophis is that it is one of the few animals that survived the notorious K-Pg mass extinction event, 66 million-years-ago, which is believed to have marked the end of non-avian dinosaurs as well as destroying a myriad of other terrestrial animals.
Coniophis slithered on and became extinct just 34 million-years-ago.
We cannot say for certain, but Coniophis may have developed a knack for some Paleocene dinosaur meat or egg.

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