Never-Before-Seen Skull Unveils Secrets Of A Deadly Hunter From 30 Million Years Ago

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Never-Before-Seen Skull Unveils Secrets Of A Deadly Hunter From 30 Million Years Ago

The fossil comes from a crucial time period when Earths climate was changing from warm to cool.

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About 30 million years ago, the present desert region of Fayum in Egypt was covered with lush vegetation. In that landscape so different from the current desert, primitive hippopotamuses, elephants and various species of mammals lived together in dense forests. In this environment, scientists made a finding that promises to transform the understanding of the predators of the paleogenic age: the almost complete skull of a ferocious creature that,…

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30-Million-Year-Old Carnivore Skull Discovered in Egypt—And It’s Unlike Anything Seen Before

Buried beneath the sun-scorched sands of Egypt’s Fayum Depression, a place where ancient forests once flourished, scientists have unearthed the skull of a fearsome predator that ruled the land 30 million years ago. The creature, named Bastetodon syrtos, was a leopard-sized hypercarnivore, a top-tier hunter with crushing jaws and razor-sharp teeth. The discovery has been described as a “dream find” by paleontologists, as it offers an unprecedente…

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30-million-year-old carnivorous predator once ruled ancient Africa

The predator with hyena-like teeth used to hunt elephants in prehistoric Africa.

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Rare Discovery of 30-Million-Year-Old Predator Skull Offers Insight Into Ancient Carnivores

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of hyaenodont in Egypt. Named Bastetodon , the predator was ‘fearsome’ some 30 million years ago (Credit: Ahmad Morsi) Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in the Egyptian desert: the nearly complete skull of an ancient apex predator. This find, dating back 30 million years, sheds new light on a long-extinct carnivore that once roamed the Earth.A Remarkable DiscoveryThe skull was found…

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In carrying out excavations in the Fayoum Depression in Egypt, paleontologists discovered the almost complete skull of a previously unknown species of Hyaenodonta, large predators who lived in the area about 30 million years ago. With a particularly powerful jaw, the species would have been at the top of the food chain of the time and would be a key witness to the major environmental transition between the Eocene and the Oligocene. Hyaenodonta a…