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 ...

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 ...

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”).