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

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, ...

Archaeologists uncovered a fossilized skull of an ancient sharp-toothed predator that likely hunted early elephants and primates.

In a rare find, a team of scientists in Egypt uncovered a nearly complete skull that offers insight into a not-before-discovered apex predator species that lived 30 million years ago. Published on ...

Skull of Ancient, Extinct Apex Predator With Teeth Like Cat and Body of a Dog Found in Egypt Awes Experts An international ...

A recent discovery in the Fayoum Desert reveals the secrets of this little-known predator, shedding new light on the evolution of carnivorous mammals in Africa. This find, made by a team of ...

Scientists found the nearly complete skull of a new 30-million-year-old “top apex” predator. “Just as we were about to conclude our work, a team member spotted something remarkable —a set ...

This predator, about the size of a leopard, belonged to a now-extinct group ... which eventually supplanted the hyaenodonts in many ecosystems. The nearly complete skull of Bastetodon was unearthed in ...

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.

leaving prehistorians to grapple with what caused the apex predator to go extinct. Now, an international team of paleontologists has found a new piece of the puzzle — a nearly complete skull of ...