A remarkable fossil discovery in Egypt has provided valuable insights into the ancient predator species known as hyaenodonts. This newfound species, named Bastetodon syrtos, once ruled the tropical ...

In a rare find, a team of scientists in Egypt uncovered a nearly complete skull that offers insight into a not-before-discovered apex predator species that lived 30 million years ago. Published on ...

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of a "fearsome" leopard-sized predator that would have ruled the lush forests of Egypt some 30 million years ago. A largely complete fossil skull of the ...

Shorouq Al-Ashqar, the lead study author, with the Bastetodon syrtos skull and a Bastet statue. Credit: Professor Hesham Sallam Once upon a time, some 30 million years ago, what is now Egypt’s Western ...

With sharp catlike teeth and a doglike body, ancient carnivores called hyaenodonts were once at the top of the food chain, but the entire lineage was wiped out about 25 million years ago, leaving ...

A rare discovery of a nearly complete skull in the Egyptian desert has led scientists to the "dream" revelation of a new 30-million-year-old species of the ancient apex predatory carnivore, ...

Bastetodon syrtos, a 30-million-year-old prehistoric carnivore from Egypt's Fayum Depression. (@heshamsallam/X) Scientists have discovered a nearly complete skull of Bastetodon syrtos, a fierce ...

A remarkable fossil discovery in Egypt has unveiled Bastetodon syrtos, a long-lost apex predator from the Early Oligocene. This well-preserved skull sheds light on the evolution and extinction of ...

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