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 an extinction mystery.

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 ...

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.

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