270 million-year-old saber-toothed predator from 'ghost' lineage looked like a bald dog
Fossils of the oldest saber-toothed predator are helping researchers understand the evolution of early mammal relatives called gorgonopsians and our shared origins in the therapsid group.
'Dog-Like' Fossil Discovery May Be Oldest Known Saber-Toothed Animal
The prehistoric creature is thought to have lived around 280-270 million years ago and was likely a "top predator" in its day.
Fossil predator is the oldest known animal with “saber teeth”
Scientists have discovered the oldest known animal with saber teeth: a predator that lived 270 million years ago. This animal, from before the age of the dinosaurs, was a dog-like creature that was related to the ancestors of mammals.
This Saber-Toothed Predator Is the Oldest Mammal Ancestor Ever Found
The origin of mammals is shrouded in mystery, but every fossil clue helps rewrite the story. A new discovery on a Mediterranean island is challenging what we know about when—and where—mammal ancestors emerged.
This dog-like predator is the oldest known mammal ancestor
Now, a team of scientists have found a new fossil that is the oldest of its kind and might even be the oldest therapsid ever discovered. This somewhat dog-like sabertoothed predator is described in a study published December 17 in the journal Nature Communications.
Scientists Discover Prehistoric Saber-Toothed Predator That Predates the Dinosaurs
Vaguely dog-like” animal is one of the oldest-known close cousins of modern mammals. Researchers have discovered the oldest gorgonopsian fossil on Mallorca, dating from 270-280 million years ago. This therapsid,
Dog before dinosaurs? 270-million-year-old saber-toothed predator stuns scientists
A new species belonging to the gorgonopsians, the ancient ancestors of mammals, was found on the Spanish island of Mallorca.
History of evolution rewritten? Discovery of 205-million-year-old fossil points at modern lizard’s lineage
A 205-million-year-old fossil, hidden in a museum, has been identified as the oldest modern lizard, triggering a significant ...
New insights into the evolution and paleoecology of mosasaurs
Mosasaurs are extinct marine lizards, spectacular examples of which were first discovered in 1766 near Maastricht in the ...
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Scientists discover dinosaur species 5x larger than Tyrannosaurus Rex
Scientists have uncovered an apex predator that once ruled the prehistoric world, eclipsing early relatives of the ...
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Fossil discovery shifts the origin of lizards back 35 million years
A tiny lizard fossil, Cryptovaranoides microlanius, is 205 million years old. It shifts Squamata origins back by 35 million ...
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157-million-year-old dinosaur trio has $13 million auction estimate
Three dinosaur skeletons that could be 157 million years old will be sold at auction for around £13 million. Read about it ...
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From fossil dung, scientists reconstruct the rise of the dinosaurs
When paleontologist Martin Qvarnström began peering inside 230-million-year-old fossilized dinosaur dung using an advanced X-ray technology ... This is exactly what we need to understand the ...
Discovered in Mallorca, the oldest ancestor of mammals in the world
The oldest known ancestor of mammals lived at least 270 million years ago in what is now Mallorca. About one meter long, it ...