Discover Bastetodon syrtos, a newly identified apex predator from ancient Egypt. Learn about its fossil discovery, ...

Bastetodon was classified as a species of the extinct group of carnivorous mammals called hyenodonts, which evolved long ...

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

A rare, nearly complete skull unearthed in the Egyptian desert has led to the identification of a new species of apex ...

Mansoura University announced on Monday that a research team from the university’s Vertebrate Paleontology Centre has ...

Hyainailourinae means Hyena-cats, and these more feline-like creatures first appeared in Africa about 47 million years ago.

The team named the new genus Bastetodon partly in reference to the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, in honor of ...

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

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

The findings were recently published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The fossil, named Bastetodon syrtos, was discovered during excavations in the Fayum Depression by a team led by ...

Bearing sharp teeth and powerful jaw muscles, suggesting a strong bite, the newly-identified "Bastetodon" was a leopard-sized ...

A nearly complete skull fossil found in Egypt has revealed a new species of Hyaenodonta, an apex carnivore that mysteriously went extinct about 25 million years ago.