It didn't have any fur, and it wouldn't have had dog-like ears," study co-author Ken ... as well as the dinosaurs—is described based on a fossil specimen found on the Spanish island of Mallorca ...

A 237-million-year-old fossil the size of a small dog was found in Brazil, and it might be a precursor to the dinosaur. It is one of the oldest fossils ever uncovered in South America and even the ...

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A nearly complete skull fossil found in Egypt has revealed a new species of Hyaenodonta, an apex carnivore that mysteriously ...

A few million years later, however, they went extinct and were replaced by the relatives of dogs, cats and hyenas. By filling in the gaps of the fossil record, paleontologists can better ...

"This 'top dog' in the food chain must have had an equally impressive diet." Al-Ashqar suspects it preyed on primates, early hippos and early elephants, all of which have been found on the fossil ...