An artist's reconstruction of Bastetodon syrtos, which lived in what is today Fayum, Egypt, some 30 million years ago. Ahmad Morsi "The Fayum is one of the most important fossil areas in Africa ...

The skull was unearthed in the Jebel Qatrani Formation, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) from Cairo. Now, scientists have identified it as a new species, called Bastetodon syrtos, in a study ...

In a rare find, a team of scientists in Egypt uncovered a nearly complete skull that offers insight into a not-before-discovered apex predator species that lived 30 million years ago.

Discovered in the Fayum Depression, an area rich in fossils spanning millions of years, the skull of B. syrtos provides paleontologists with a rare glimpse into a time when these carnivores thrived.

This discovery challenges previous classifications. Scientists have uncovered a nearly complete skull of a new prehistoric carnivore, Bastetodon syrtos, in Egypt's Fayum Depression. Dating back 30 ...

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