A remarkable fossil discovery in Egypt has provided valuable insights into the ancient predator species known as hyaenodonts.

Archaeologists uncovered a fossilized skull of an ancient sharp-toothed predator that likely hunted early elephants and primates.

The team named the new genus Bastetodon partly in reference to the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, in honor of ...

Paleontologists in Egypt have unearthed a nearly complete skull of a Hyaenodonta, an extinct group of apex predators that ...

Scientists have discovered a nearly complete skull of a Hyaenodonta, a hypercarnivore that that lived during the Oligocene ...

Some were the size of a dog. Others were as large as polar bears. A newly-discovered fossil of the ferocious hyaenodont is ...

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

A nearly complete skull fossil found in Egypt has revealed a new species of Hyaenodonta, an apex carnivore that mysteriously went extinct about 25 million years ago.

Hyainailourinae means Hyena-cats, and these more feline-like creatures first appeared in Africa about 47 million years ago.

B. syrtos, which boasted razor-sharp teeth and a powerful jaw, belonged to an extinct group of meat-eating mammals called ...

About 30 million years ago, parts of Egypt were covered in lush forests. Within those trees, lurked an order of fearsome big ...

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