Explore the fascinating discovery of the African predator Bastetodon syrtos, an ancient prehistoric carnivore from Egypt.
A team of scientists have discovered a new species of ancient creature, from a 30-million-year-old skull buried in the ...
Scientists in Egypt discovered a not-before-known apex predator that lived 30 million years ago, potentially helping to solve an extinction mystery.
A leopard-sized “fearsome” predator that hunted early elephants 30 million years ago has been identified following the ...
Bastetodon, a leopard-like apex predator, probably dined on early forms of primates, hippos, and elephants.
Bastetodon was classified as a species of the extinct group of carnivorous mammals called hyenodonts, which evolved long before modern carnivorous animals.
Buried beneath the sun-scorched sands of Egypt’s Fayum Depression, a place where ancient forests once flourished, scientists ...