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 ...

In the Egyptian desert, a nearly complete skull was ... It is believed to have been the size of a leopard and a fearsome mammal with sharp teeth and powerful jaw muscles. It would have been ...

Bastetodon was a predator the size of a modern leopard, equipped with powerful ... the current desert region of Fayum in Egypt was covered with dense forests, where primitive hippopotamuses ...

a deadly and agile mammal the size of a modern-day leopard. open image in gallery Paleontologists have discovered a new species of hyaenodont in Egypt. Named Bastetodon , the predator was ...

A skull discovered in the Egyptian desert belongs to a never-before-seen apex predator that roamed parts of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula about 30 million years ago, scientists say.

Meet the Bastetodon, a newly discovered species of apex predator, roughly the size of a leopard or a hyena, that roamed the lush forests of ancient Egypt some 30 million years ago. "It is really ...

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 ...

famous for its fossils and Ancient Egyptian artifacts. The name is also a nod to the short, cat-like snout and teeth of this fearsome, leopard-sized carnivore (-odon means tooth). Its skull was ...

A leopard-sized mammal sat atop its food chain 30 million years ago, hunting early hippos, primates and elephants in what is now Egypt 1. During an expedition to a fossil-rich basin in the desert ...

Archaeologists have announced a rare and extraordinary discovery made in the Egyptian desert ... and agile mammal the size of a modern-day leopard. Known as a Bastetodon, the animal had sharp ...