Sketch of a gorgonopsian head, in side view. (CCA 3.0 / Dmitry Bogdanov via UW) A weird type of benign tumor has been discovered in an unlikely place: the fossilized jaw of a distant ancestor of ...

A team of scientists has found in Banyalbufar the remains of a gorgonopsid that lived 270 million years ago. It is unique due to its age and location. It was a one-meter-long predator with saber teeth ...

The oldest known ancestor of mammals lived at least 270 million years ago in what is now Mallorca. About one meter long, it was a predator with sharp fangs and a appearance not very different from ...

Primeval, ITV1, 4.30pm Foyle's War, ITV1, 9pm I hope never to come face-to-face with a flesh-eating, sabre-toothed gorgonopsid from the long-ago Permian era. It's an aggressive, heavily-armoured ...