Newly analyzed fossil skeleton of Mixodectes pungens reveals its tree-dwelling lifestyle, dietary habits, and ties to ...

A leopard-sized mammal sat atop its food chain 30 million ... syrtos, which boasted razor-sharp teeth and a powerful jaw, belonged to an extinct group of meat-eating mammals called Hyaenodonts.

Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western North America in the early Paleocene, was a mystery.

Fossilized teeth from two ancient megafauna suggest they roamed Brazil 3,500 years ago. The find “opens the door to rewrite South American history.” ...

a species of small mammal that inhabited western North America in the early Paleocene, was a mystery. What little was known about them had been mostly gleaned from analyzing fossilized teeth and ...

Rather, it is March Mammal Madness. Swapping out slam dunks for survival instincts and buzzer beaters for claws and teeth, March Mammal Madness is a wildly (see what I did there?) popular ...