Bastetodon, a leopard-like apex predator, probably dined on early forms of primates, hippos, and elephants.
Buried beneath the sun-scorched sands of Egypt’s Fayum Depression, a place where ancient forests once flourished, scientists ...
A leopard-sized “fearsome” predator that hunted early elephants 30 million years ago has been identified following the ...
Explore the fascinating discovery of the African predator Bastetodon syrtos, an ancient prehistoric carnivore from Egypt.
About 30 million years ago, parts of Egypt were covered in lush forests. Within those trees, lurked an order of fearsome big ...
Hidden beneath Egypt’s desert sands, scientists uncovered a nearly complete skull of Bastetodon, a 30-million-year-old ...
Hesham Sallam, professor of vertebrate paleontology at AUIC and founder of the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology ...
Mr. Cañas-Valle’s discovery, described in the journal Ornithology in November, may be the first documented example of ...