A team led by paleontologist Shorouq Al-Ashqar of Mansoura University and the American University in Egypt has given the ...

Hidden beneath Egypt’s desert sands, scientists uncovered a nearly complete skull of Bastetodon, a 30-million-year-old ...

Evidence for this function first came from studies of the organ's anatomy and its nerves as well ... the coelacanth usually swallows its prey whole. Its teeth are designed not so much to grab ...

The team named the new genus Bastetodon partly in reference to the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, in honor of ...

Look for a second line at the front of the skull -- the coronal suture – which fully fuses by age 40. Study the teeth. If they're worn down it could be a sign of a poor diet. If they're well ...

Bastetodon, a leopard-like apex predator, probably dined on early forms of primates, hippos, and elephants.

About 30 million years ago, parts of Egypt were covered in lush forests. Within those trees, lurked an order of fearsome big ...