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

A nearly complete skull of the creature was found in the Egyptian desert. Its lineage indicates that it was a top carnivore ...

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 ...

A newly-described fossil skull has given paleontologists their ... The shape and arrangement of the predator’s teeth show that they were suited for a shearing bite best suited to cutting through ...

The team named the new genus Bastetodon partly in reference to the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, in honor of ...

“His excited shout brought the team together, marking the beginning of an extraordinary discovery: a nearly complete skull of an ancient apex carnivore, a dream for any vertebrate paleontologist.

The skull dates back to the Paleogene Period ... to come up with a new genus for the predator. Bastetodon literally means “teeth like the cat-headed goddess.” The shortened face reflects ...

Biologist Katharine Edmonson asked the young boy who approached her table if he wanted to hold the tiger skull in his hands. Some children hesitate, but not 11-year-old Devin Shuman, a fifth-grader at ...

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