A rare, nearly complete skull unearthed in the Egyptian desert has led to the identification of a new species of apex ...
The team named the new genus Bastetodon partly in reference to the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, in honor of ...
Some were the size of a dog. Others were as large as polar bears. A newly-discovered fossil of the ferocious hyaenodont is ...
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).
Scientists have discovered a “fearsome” new species of carnivore that lived 30 million years ago, after finding a skull in ...
One might assume that marine fossils are exclusively unearthed in sedimentary coastal or underwater deposits. This is far ...
The fossil provides a rare glimpse into a time of global environmental changes and faunal turnover, when some species go extinct while new ones are introduced due to varying changes in the habitat.
About 30 million years ago, parts of Egypt were covered in lush forests. Within those trees, lurked an order of fearsome big ...
The discovery could bring scientists one step closer to understanding these ferocious beasts and their evolutionary history.The fossil, which was unearthed in the Fayum Depression of Egypt's ...