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The complete hyaenodont fossil holds evolutionary clues astir nan ancient apex predators
Hyaenodonts, illustrated here, were hyena-sized, meat-eating mammals that hunted done nan forests of present-day Africa astir 30 cardinal years ago.
Ahmad Morsi
In nan fossil-rich sands of nan Faiyum Oasis successful Egypt, archaeologists person uncovered 1 of nan astir complete skulls ever recovered from a formidable family of predators that roamed nan Earth astir 30 cardinal years ago.
The fossil, complete pinch an precocious group of teeth, revealed nan animal to beryllium a newly discovered type of extinct hyena-sized mammals known arsenic hyaenodonts, researchers study February 17 successful nan Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
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