Scientists discovered Bastetodon, a 300-million-year-old predator in Egypt, revealing Africa's ancient apex carnivores before modern lions and hyenas emerged.

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 ...

Scientists in Egypt discovered a not-before-known apex predator that lived 30 million years ago, potentially helping to solve an extinction mystery.

The predator with hyena-like teeth used to hunt elephants in prehistoric Africa. The post 30-million-year-old carnivorous ...

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

A team of scientists have discovered a new species of ancient creature, from a 30-million-year-old skull buried in the ...

In Egypt's Fayum Desert, researchers have unearthed a new species of ancient carnivorous mammal named Bastetodon. This ...

Bastetodon was classified as a species of the extinct group of carnivorous mammals called hyenodonts, which evolved long ...

A team led by paleontologist Shorouq Al-Ashqar of Mansoura University and the American University in Egypt has given the ...