Scientists have discovered a nearly complete skull of a ... humanity’s own monkey-like ancestors. A member of the extinct order of Hyaenodonta (which means “hyena teeth”), this fearsome ...

It would have been at the top of all carnivores and the food chain when our own monkey ... and teeth of this fearsome, leopard-sized carnivore (“-odon” means “tooth”). Its skull was ...

A nearly complete skull of the creature was found in the Egyptian desert. Its lineage indicates that it was a top carnivore ...

A left lateral view of Bastetodon syrtos. Based on the shape of the skull and teeth, scientists think this species had a powerful bite. Photograph by Al-Ashqar et al., 2025 As rock was chipped ...

In life, the Bastetodon was leopard-sized with a short, cat-like snout, hyena-like teeth and a dog-like body. The discovery of the most complete skull ever found belonging to the hyaenodonta ...

And often, only teeth or fragments of skulls are found, he added. The discovery of such a complete skull allows researchers to learn concrete traits of the animal, such as how big muscle ...

Its impressive set of razor-sharp teeth ensured its ... and even humanity’s own monkey-like ancestors. Paleontologists located B. syrtos’ football-sized skull in the Fayum Depression—an ...

It would have been at the top of all carnivores and the food chain when our own monkey ... snout and teeth of this fearsome, leopard-sized carnivore (-odon means tooth). Its skull was unearthed ...