Some were the size of a dog. Others were as large as polar bears. A newly-discovered fossil of the ferocious hyaenodont is ...

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

Hyaenodonts like Bastetodon evolved long before modern cats, dogs, hyenas, and other carnivorous ... a nearly complete skull of an ancient apex carnivore, a dream for any vertebrate paleontologist.” ...

Hidden beneath Egypt’s desert sands, scientists uncovered a nearly complete skull of Bastetodon, a 30-million-year-old ...

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

The species, known as Bastetodon and named for an Egyptian goddess, had sharp teeth and an incredibly powerful grip ...

Now, an international team of paleontologists has found a new piece of the puzzle — a nearly complete skull of a previously ... cats and hyenas. By filling in the gaps of the fossil record ...

Scientists found the nearly complete skull of a new 30-million-year-old ... opened the continent to the relatives of cats and hyenas. Over time, carnivorous hyaenodonts become extinct (Credit ...

Scientists have discovered a nearly complete skull of a Hyaenodonta, a hypercarnivore that that lived during the Oligocene Epoch some 20 million years ago. Scientifically known as Bastetodon syrtos, ...

Scientists found the nearly complete skull of a new 30-million-year-old ... continent to the relatives of modern cats, dogs, and hyenas. And, the carnivorous hyaenodonts went extinct.