Sanajeh (meaning "ancient gape" in Sanskrit) [1] is a genus of late Cretaceous madtsoiid snake from western India. A fossil described in 2010 from the Lameta Formation was found coiled around an egg and an adjacent skeleton of a 50 cm (19 in) long sauropod dinosaur hatchling.

Mar 1, 2010 · A dramatic fossil, reinterpreted after 26 years, shows a snake called Sanajeh about to devour a baby sauropod. As an adult, it would have been one of the largest dinosaurs of all time.

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Feb 4, 2014 · They name the snake Sanajeh indicus, meaning “ancient gaped one from greater India.” Sanajeh could not have swallowed a large sauropod egg, because it lacks the anatomical specializations in the skull and jaws that allow modern snakes to achieve a much wider gape than animals of comparable size.

Mar 18, 2013 · A late Cretaceous era snake of the Indian subcontinent,‭ ‬the discovery of Sanajeh has revealed a little bit more about Mesozoic ecosystems.‭ ‬The holotype specimen of Sanajeh was found not only alongside several sauropod eggs,‭ ‬but also the remains of a hatchling sauropod,‭ ‬probably a titanosaur of about fifty centimetres ...

Mar 2, 2010 · The new snake, which was named Sanajeh indicus or “ancient-gaped one from the Indian subcontinent,” because of its lizard-like gape, adds critical information that helps resolve the early diversification of snakes.

Mar 2, 2010 · Twenty-three years later, Mohabey, palaeontologist Jeffrey Wilson at the University of Michigan and a team of colleagues now reveal that some of the bones belong to a predatory snake, which they...

Jul 16, 2023 · Like Oviraptor, the name Sanajeh is misleading. While modern snakes can stretch their jaws to swallow eggs whole, the skeleton of Sanajeh indicates it was incapable of practising such a behaviour.

Mar 1, 2010 · Snakes have been around for nearly 100 million years and scientists have found many fossils of extinct species. But this astonishing specimen is different. This serpent is Sanajeh indicus. It is...

Feb 21, 2015 · One of these predators was a 3.5-metre-long snake called Sanajeh indicus. Towards the end of the age of the dinosaurs, one decided to raid a nest of a sauropod eggs, perhaps attracted by the noise of hatchlings breaking out of their shells.