The team named the new genus Bastetodon partly in reference to the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, in honor of where the specimen was unearthed and of the feline-like snout of the ancient ...

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, ...

Now, scientists have identified it as a new species, called Bastetodon syrtos, in a study published Feb. 17 in the Journal of ...

This newfound species, named Bastetodon syrtos, once ruled the tropical forests of Egypt around 30 million years ago before mysteriously going extinct. Scientists believe this rare skull fossil ...

Shorouq Al-Ashqar, the lead study author, with the Bastetodon syrtos skull and a Bastet statue. Credit: Professor Hesham Sallam Once upon a time, some 30 million years ago, what is now Egypt’s Western ...

They named it Bastetodon syrtos, after the cat-headed Egyptian goddess Bastet. B. syrtos, which boasted razor-sharp teeth and a powerful jaw, belonged to an extinct group of meat-eating mammals ...

syrtos. The discovery of Bastetodon syrtos is a significant step forward in understanding ancient predator-prey dynamics and the evolutionary history of carnivorous mammals. It provides vital ...