The name is also a nod to the short, cat-like snout and teeth of this fearsome, leopard-sized carnivore (-odon means tooth). Its skull was unearthed on Sallam Lab's expedition to the Fayum ...

Learn more about how a recent fossil discovery has added a new species to the list of prehistoric humans who walked on two ...

The palaeontologists think the skull belongs to a new species of hyaenodonta ... Hyaenodonts had sharp teeth like a hyena, and were around the size of a leopard, hunting primates and early ...

Scientists found the nearly complete skull of a new 30-million-year-old ... a deadly and agile mammal the size of a modern-day leopard. open image in gallery Paleontologists have discovered ...

The team named the new genus Bastetodon partly in reference to the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, in honor of where the specimen was unearthed and of the feline-like snout of the ancient ...

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

The name is also a nod to the short, cat-like snout and teeth of this fearsome, leopard-sized carnivore (“-odon” means “tooth”). Its skull was unearthed on Sallam Lab’s expedition to the ...

Scientists found the nearly complete skull of a new 30-million-year-old ... a deadly and agile mammal the size of a modern-day leopard. Known as a Bastetodon, the animal had sharp teeth and ...

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, ...

Paranthropus robustus fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal new insights into their diet, social structure, and survival 2 ...

Scientists found the nearly complete skull of a new 30-million-year-old “top apex ... a deadly and agile mammal the size of a modern-day leopard. Known as a Bastetodon, the animal had sharp teeth and ...