Scientists have discovered a nearly complete skull of a Hyaenodonta, a hypercarnivore that that lived during the Oligocene Epoch some 20 million years ago. Scientifically known as Bastetodon syrtos, ...

early hippos and even early elephants. Hyaenodontas were important hypercarnivores in Eurasia, Africa and North America during the Oligocene - a geologic epoch that lasted from about 33.9 to 23 ...

During the Oligocene epoch about 33.9 to 23 million ... stretching over eight metres long and weighing as much as five elephants, was one of the largest land mammals ever to roam the Earth.