Scientists have identified a new species of ancient miniature whale, which is now thought to be the smallest known basilosaurid to ever exist. Remnants from the whale, named the Tutcetus rayanensis ...

In Fayum, Egypt, where now lies a barren desert, a lush forest once stood, teeming with life. Paradise for all creatures therein, however, it was not. The primates, hippopotamuses, elephants, and ...

Paleontologists in Egypt have unearthed a nearly complete skull of a Hyaenodonta, an extinct group of apex predators that ...

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An illustration of the semiaquatic "god of death" whale that lived more than 43 million years ago. Robert W. Boessenecker CAIRO, Aug 25 – Scientists said on Wednesday they had discovered the 43 ...

The Eocene was a key interval for the diversification of squamates worldwide. However, little is known about their early evolution in Africa due to the scarcity of Paleogene fossil squamates from that ...

A rare discovery of a nearly complete skull in the Egyptian desert has led scientists to the "dream" revelation of a new 30-million-year-old species of the ancient apex predatory carnivore, ...

A new genus and species of anomaluroid rodent, Kabirmys qarunensis, is described based on isolated teeth, partial mandibles, and an edentulous partial maxilla from the earliest late Eocene Birket ...

Skulls of 29 million year old primates used in this study Aegyptopithecus on left Parapithecus on right. Credit: Matt Borths Skulls of 29 million year old primates used in this study Aegyptopithecus ...

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, leaving ...