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 ...

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.

Explore the fascinating discovery of the African predator Bastetodon syrtos, an ancient prehistoric carnivore from Egypt.