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A nearly complete skull from a newly discovered hypercarnivore has been found in Fayum , Egypt .
It belonged to a member of the extinct order of carnivores known as Hyaenodonta .
The animal was a leopard-sized apex predator with crushing jaws and razor-sharp teeth.
It was named Bastetodon syrtos, after the Egyptian lioness-headed goddess of protection, Bastet .
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