paleontologists have found the remains of the oldest saber-toothed predator in the world – UNIAN
He lived before the dinosaurs.
Paleontologists have discovered what may be the earliest known saber-toothed animal, a predator that roamed our planet before the age of dinosaurs. As Newsweek writes, citing a study in the journal Nature Communications, the previously unknown prehistoric creature resembled a dog in appearance, although it had noticeable differences.
“It looked a little like a medium-sized dog, maybe the size of a husky… It didn't have hair, and it didn't have dog-like ears,” study co-author Ken Andjelczyk said in a press release.
According to Andzhelczyk, among the most distinctive features of this predator are a set of very long, blade-like fangs, which suggest that the animal was at one time a “top predator.”
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