Described as the "king of the ancient Egyptian forest," the hypercarnivorous hyaenodonts were enormous mammals—imagine a hyena twice the size of a Kodiak bear—so successful they spread across the globe. 25 millions years ago, though, they vanish from the fossil record. — Read the rest
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