Recent fossil discoveries have shed light on the complex journey of early mammal evolution. These findings reveal that key ...

Learn how the Gorgonopsian fossil was found in Mallorca, dating back 270 million years, and was discovered far from other ...

Paleontologists unearthed fossils of a dog-sized, saber-toothed gorgonopsian in Mallorca, Spain, believed to be the earliest ...

The discovery of a newly identified species — the oldest saber-toothed animal found and an ancient cousin to mammals — fills ...

Now, a team of scientists have found a new fossil that is the oldest of its kind and might even be the oldest therapsid ever ...

The origin of mammals is shrouded in mystery, but every fossil clue helps rewrite the story. A new discovery on a ...

The oldest ancestor fossil of mammals has been discovered on Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands in Spain. This discovery reveals the most distant ancestors of all mammal animals, including humans.

Scientists have discovered the oldest known animal with saber teeth: a predator that lived 270 million years ago. This animal ...

Gorgonopsians are an extinct group of predatory therapsids that lived during the Permian period, approximately 299 to 252 ...

The research team explained that Mallorca, at the time of the gorgonopsians, was part of the "supercontinent" of Pangea.

Before the time of the dinosaurs, a naked, warm-blooded egg-layer known as a gorgonopsian sipped water from Pangea's tropical ...

The prehistoric creature is thought to have lived around 280-270 million years ago and was likely a "top predator" in its day ...