'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.
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.
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
Researchers in Spain found the oldest therapsid on record and with saber-toothed teeth. Mammals are the last surviving members of this ancient group, so this “dog-like” relative is changing what they thought they knew about this therapsid and giving them new insights into where we come from.
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 ...
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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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A rare fossil preserved a squid attack from 200 million years ago — the squid ancestor viciously crushed the head of a prehistoric fish
Predator and prey died in a deadly embrace, and their interlocked bodies were fossilized under the waves. A new study analyzing that fossil, which has been accepted for publication in Proceedings ...
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 ...