Scientists have discovered a nearly complete skull of a Hyaenodonta, a hypercarnivore that that lived during the Oligocene Epoch some 20 million years ago. Scientifically known as Bastetodon syrtos, ...

The site contains 635 animal tracks from the Early Pleistocene ... fossil footprints are impressed on a muddy stratum from the Oligocene, and after initial prospecting, specialists confirmed ...

During the Oligocene epoch about 33.9 to 23 million ... Today, we live alongside large animals like elephants, crocodiles and ostriches. Why do you think they survived while others perished?

During the Oligocene period, the Fayum Depression was ... because there are fewer carnivores in an ecosystem than other animals such as herbivores. (For instance, you're more likely to see a ...

During the Oligocene period, the Fayum Depression was ... because there are fewer carnivores in an ecosystem than other animals such as herbivores. (For instance, you’re more likely to see ...