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New Study Reveals the Secrets of an Ancient, Extinct ‘Super Predator’ – The Wire
Anteosaurus’s nervous system and fine-tuned sense organs were optimised for hunting swiftly and striking fast.
The skull of Anteosaurus next to that of a modern human. Photo: Author provided.
Some 260 million to 265 million years ago, a huge creature called Anteosaurus roamed what is today the African continent. This period was known as the middle Permian and Anteosaurus was one of its most ferocious carnivores. It had massive, bone-crushing teeth, a gigantic skull and a powerful jaw.
Despite its name, Anteosaurus was not a dinosaur. It belonged to the dinocephalians, a family of mammal like reptiles that…
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