Scientists in Egypt discovered a not-before-known apex predator that lived 30 million years ago, potentially helping to solve an extinction mystery.

Buried beneath the sun-scorched sands of Egypt’s Fayum Depression, a place where ancient forests once flourished, scientists ...

Bastetodon was classified as a species of the extinct group of carnivorous mammals called hyenodonts, which evolved long ...

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Researchers in Egypt have found a 30-million-year-old skull of Bastetodon, revealing a powerful predator (Hyaenodonta).

With sharp catlike teeth and a doglike body, ancient carnivores called hyaenodonts were once at the top of the food chain, ...

About 30 million years ago, parts of Egypt were covered in lush forests. Within those trees, lurked an order of fearsome big ...

A rare discovery of a nearly complete skull in the Egyptian desert has led scientists to the "dream" revelation of a new ...

The team named the new genus Bastetodon partly in reference to the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, in honor of ...

A rare discovery of a nearly complete skull in the Egyptian desert has led scientists to the “dream” revelation of a new ...

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