"We can frankly say that Bastetodon was the king of the ancient Egyptian forest," Ashqar said. The fossil provides a rare glimpse into a time of global environmental changes and faunal turnover ...

“We can frankly say that Bastetodon was the king of the ancient Egyptian forest,” Ashqar said. The fossil provides a rare glimpse into a time of global environmental changes and faunal ...

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With sharp catlike teeth and a doglike body, ancient carnivores called hyaenodonts were once at the top of the food chain, but the entire lineage was wiped out about 25 million years ago.