Scientists found the nearly complete skull of a new 30-million-year-old ... a deadly and agile mammal the size of a modern-day leopard. Known as a Bastetodon, the animal had sharp teeth and ...

The name is also a nod to the short, cat-like snout and teeth of this fearsome, leopard-sized carnivore (-odon means tooth). Its skull was unearthed on Sallam Lab's expedition to the Fayum ...