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

It would have been at the top of all carnivores and the food chain ... the specimen after the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, who symbolized protection, pleasure, and good health.

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

A nearly complete skull fossil found in Egypt has revealed a new species of Hyaenodonta, an apex carnivore that mysteriously ...

MANSOURA, Egypt — In the desert sands of Egypt’s Fayum Depression, an extraordinary discovery began with an excited shout. A team member had spotted large teeth protruding from the ground ...

It would have been at the top of all carnivores and the food chain ... the specimen after the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, who symbolized protection, pleasure, and good health.

Scientists found the nearly complete skull of a new 30-million-year-old “top apex” predator ... named for the cat-headed Egyptian goddess Bastet, who symbolized protection, pleasure ...

With sharp catlike teeth and a doglike body, ancient carnivores called hyaenodonts were once at the top of the food chain ... headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet because of the species ...

They chose to name the newly-found species after the ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, the cat-headed symbol of protection, pleasure and good health. New skull may help solve extinction riddle The ...