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 ...

The newly-discovered species, named Bastetodon syrtos, is part of the Hyaenodonta family, an extinct species of carnivore that evolved long before modern cats, dogs and hyenas but resembled early ...

The “fearsome carnivore” is a new species of ancient Hyaenodonta: a deadly and agile mammal the size of a modern-day leopard. Known as a Bastetodon, the animal had sharp teeth and a powerful ...

(CNN) — 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 ...