'Fearsome' New Leopard-Sized Predator From 30 Million Years Ago Revealed
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 predator. The second part of the name, "-odon", means tooth.
Leopard-sized ancient apex predator Bastetodon found in Egyptian desert
Bastetodon was classified as a species of the extinct group of carnivorous mammals called hyenodonts, which evolved long before modern carnivorous animals.
A New Leopard-Like Apex Predator Ruled the Jungle 30 Million Years Ago
Bastetodon, a leopard-like apex predator, probably dined on early forms of primates, hippos, and elephants.
Before Lions And Wolves, Bastetodon Was The Apex Predator Early Monkeys Feared
A 30-million-year-old skull from Fayum, Egypt, is thought to come from the apex predator of the times, which would have been the scourge of early hippos and elephants, snacking on our own ancestors in between.
Skull of ancient 'fearsome' leopard-like creature discovered
A team of scientists have discovered a new species of ancient creature, from a 30-million-year-old skull buried in the Egyptian desert
Skull of never-before-seen ‘top apex’ predator from prehistoric Africa unearthed
In a nutshell Scientists have discovered a remarkably complete skull of a new prehistoric carnivore species in Egypt’s Fayum Depression, named Bastetodon syrtos, which lived about 30 million years ago and was roughly the size of a modern leopard The discovery has led researchers to correct a century-old misclassification of ancient African predators,
Newly discovered ancient apex predator had knife-sharp teeth and bone-crushing jaws
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Near perfect skull of apex predator reveals its 'meat cleaving bite'
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'A set of large teeth sticking out of the ground': Scientists reveal ancient hypercarnivore discovered in Egyptian desert
Scientists reveal a never-before-seen species of leopard-size apex predator that lived in lush forest 30 million years ago.
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'Fearsome' predator was once king of the ancient Egyptian forests, then mysteriously vanished
A rare, nearly complete skull unearthed in the Egyptian desert has led to the identification of a new species of apex ...
Scientists Rescued the 15-Million-Year-Old Skull of a Hypercarnivore From Obscurity
Scientists have discovered a nearly complete skull of a Hyaenodonta, a hypercarnivore that that lived during the Oligocene ...
Video shows 30-million-year-old skull of apex predator that could solve extinction riddle
Scientists in Egypt discovered a not-before-known apex predator that lived 30 million years ago, potentially helping to solve ...
Never-Before-Seen Skull Unveils Secrets Of A Deadly Hunter From 30 Million Years Ago
Bearing sharp teeth and powerful jaw muscles, suggesting a strong bite, the newly identified 'Bastetodon' was a leopard-sized ...
An apex carnivore was ‘king of the ancient Egyptian forest’ then mysteriously went extinct. A fossil could offer clues
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.
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Bastetodon, a new 30-million-year-old species of predatory mammal unearthed in Egypt
Mansoura University announced on Monday that a research team from the university’s Vertebrate Paleontology Centre has ...