What is Gigantophis?
{{italictitle}} '''''Gigantophis''''' was an extinct giant [[snake]]. Before the [[Paleocene]] constrictor [[genus]] ''[[Titanoboa]]'' was described from [[Colombia]] in 2009, ''Gigantophis'' was the largest snake of all time. ''Gigantophis'' lived about 40 million years ago during the end of the [[Eocene|Eocene period]], in the [[Paratethys Sea]]. It was in what's now the northern [[Sahara]], where [[Egypt]] and [[Algeria]] are present.<ref>Fossilworks. [http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=taxonInfo&taxon_no=38101#] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722192307/http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=taxonInfo&taxon_no=38101|date=2021-07-22}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Snakes]] [[Category:Eocene]] [[Category:Cainozoic]] [[Category:Reptiles of Africa]]