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 ...

Scientists recreate face of fearsome 30m-year-old carnivore, Bastetodon.Source: Professor Hesham Sallam More than 2,700 ...

The team, led by renowned Egyptian paleontologist Dr Hesham Sallam, has also reclassified a group of predatory mammals that ...

Thirty million years ago, a fearsome carnivore roamed the lush forests of what is now Egypt. A recent discovery in the Fayoum ...

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.

Scientists reveal a never-before-seen species of leopard-size apex predator that lived in lush forest 30 million years ago.

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 ...

A rare discovery of a nearly complete skull in the Egyptian desert has led scientists to the "dream" revelation of a new ...