Sea Snake Vertebrae Fossil Specimen Beneath the Waves (*pages are a brighter shade

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Sea Snake Vertebrae Fossil Specimen Beneath the Waves (*pages are a brighter shadeThis fossil is from the spine of a sea snake that lived 55 million years ago. This specimen is from a species in the genus palaeophis, which means ancient snake. There is relatively little known about ancient sea snakes compared to other well studied creatures of the paleogene, likely due to the rarity of the fossils. This fossil was discovered in Morocco. At least one species of sea snake could grow up to 40 ft (12 m) long, a far cry from the largest