Skull of a 30-million-year-old apex predator discovered in Egypt
About 30 million years ago, parts of Egypt were covered in lush forests. Within those trees, lurked an order of fearsome big cat-sized carnivores called Hyaenodonta. These apex predators thrived after the dinosaurs went extinct, but would eventually meet their own untimely end.
Scientists in Egypt discovered a not-before-known apex predator that lived 30 million years ago, potentially helping to solve ...
The team named the new genus Bastetodon partly in reference to the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, in honor of ...
Bastetodon, a leopard-like apex predator, probably dined on early forms of primates, hippos, and elephants.
Mansoura University announced on Monday that a research team from the university’s Vertebrate Paleontology Centre has ...
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Skull of never-before-seen beast from prehistoric Africa unearthedExplore the fascinating discovery of the African predator Bastetodon syrtos, an ancient prehistoric carnivore from Egypt.
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