Skull of Ancient, Extinct Apex Predator With Teeth Like Cat and Body of a Dog Found in Egypt Awes Experts An international ...

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Archaeologists uncovered a fossilized skull of an ancient sharp-toothed predator that likely hunted early elephants and primates.

In this guest article, investigative historian, author and journalist Tony McMahon explores some of the more eccentric ...

Scientists found the nearly complete skull of a new 30-million-year-old ... have discovered a new species of hyaenodont in Egypt. Named Bastetodon , the predator was ‘fearsome’ some 30 ...

Researchers unearthed the skull in 2020 during an expedition to the Fayum Depression, an archeologically rich site in Egypt's western deserts. For days, the scientists meticulously excavated ...

About 30 million years ago, parts of Egypt were covered in lush forests ... a nearly complete skull of an ancient apex carnivore, a dream for any vertebrate paleontologist.” ...

The team named the new genus Bastetodon partly in reference to the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, in honor of where the specimen was unearthed and of the feline-like snout of the ancient ...

Now, an international team of paleontologists has found a new piece of the puzzle — a nearly complete skull of a previously unidentified species of hyaenodonta. The discovery could bring ...

A nearly complete skull fossil found in Egypt has revealed a new species of Hyaenodonta, an apex carnivore that mysteriously ...

B. syrtos, which boasted razor-sharp teeth and a powerful jaw, belonged to an extinct group of meat-eating mammals called ...