Researchers uncovered the nearly complete skull of an ancient apex predator that prowled North Africa roughly 30 million ...

Hyaenodonts were the main meat-eating mammal at the time across what is now Africa ... skulls that housed a lot of teeth. They likely preyed on early elephants, hyraxes and other animals ...

This discovery, comprising a nearly complete skull, reveals that Bastetodon was a dominant predator 30 million years ago. The find offers insights into Africa’s prehistoric food chain and early ...

When we included the animal's smaller size into the analysis, the robust features of the desert rat-kangaroo's skull were only found to be effective enough to handle eating a softer range of foods." ...