Skull of a 30-million-year-old apex predator discovered in Egypt
About 30 million years ago, parts of Egypt were covered in lush forests. Within those trees, lurked an order of fearsome big cat-sized carnivores called Hyaenodonta. These apex predators thrived after the dinosaurs went extinct, but would eventually meet their own untimely end.
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A Skull We Thought Belonged To Cleopatra's Half-Sister Actually Turned Out To Be A Boy With A Rare Genetic DisorderSince the cranial suture had closed early, the boy's skull became asymmetrical. Furthermore, the skeleton contained an abnormally shaped upper jaw, with at least one tooth that showed no signs ...
“I’m no longer looking for his body – just ... Adding to the pain were the stark labels written on the shrouds: “Skull without a lower jaw”, “Bone fragments”, “Rib cage”, or ...
Jaw muscles go through these temporal openings and attach to ... Anapsid condition: Absence of openings in the bones that roof over the temporal region of the skull: no temporal fossae in ...
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