The prehistoric creature is thought to have lived around 280-270 million years ago and was likely a "top predator" in its day ...

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.

But this was no ordinary whale. “I immediately went, ‘Oh my goodness, it’s a spade-toothed whale!’” the senior marine science adviser for New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DOC ...

But the discovery of a newly identified gorgonopsian — the oldest saber-toothed animal ever found — is filling a longstanding blank space in the group’s history. These slender predators are ...

Only seven spade-toothed whales have ever been identified, and the species has never been seen alive. After one washed ashore ...

An extinct carnivorous group known as gorgonopsians, which lived between 270 and 250 million years ago, laid eggs and had ...

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 ...

Vestigial teeth and nine stomach chambers were just a few of the surprises waiting inside the spade-toothed whale. Photo: NZ Dept. of Conservation Scientists recently cut into the body of a spade ...

The newly discovered fossils — which include fragments of skull, vertebrae, and ribs to a very well-preserved femur — belonged to a vaguely dog-like saber-toothed predator that the ...