Buried beneath the sun-scorched sands of Egypt’s Fayum Depression ... This study not only describes the nearly complete skull of Bastetodon syrtos but also re-evaluates fossils found over ...

A largely complete fossil skull of the "Bastetodon syrtos"—replete with ... a paleontologist in the Sallam Lab at Egypt's Mansoura University, said in a statement. "His excited shout brought ...

Scientists found the nearly complete skull of a new 30-million-year ... have discovered a new species of hyaenodont in Egypt. Named Bastetodon , the predator was ‘fearsome’ some 30 million ...

three-dimensional skull, allowing for detailed anatomical and morphological studies. The team identified the newly discovered species as Bastetodon, named after the ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet.

In a rare find, a team of scientists in Egypt uncovered a nearly complete skull that offers insight ... The newly-discovered species, named Bastetodon syrtos, is part of the Hyaenodonta family ...

Researchers also compared the Bastetodon skull with the fossils of another, bigger hyaenodonta species found in Africa about 120 years ago. Dubbed Sekhmetops by the study authors, the latter group ...

Paleontologists from the Sallam Lab in Egypt have discovered an unidentified species of the ancient carnivores Hyaenodonts. The leopard-shaped Bastetodon ... nearly complete skull of an ancient ...

Meet the Bastetodon ... Researchers unearthed the skull in 2020 during an expedition to the Fayum Depression, an archeologically rich site in Egypt's western deserts. For days, the scientists ...

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Scientists found the nearly complete skull of a new 30-million-year-old ... mammal the size of a modern-day leopard. Known as a Bastetodon, the animal had sharp teeth and a powerful bite ...