Discovered by Shoruq Al-Ashqar from the American Institute of Cairo, she named it Bastetodon in homage to the Ancient Egyptian cat goddess Bastet. “It was an amazing moment,” Al-Ashqar said.
"That was a moment," she said. Paleontologist Shorouq Al-Ashqar with the Bastetodon's remarkably intact skull and a figure of the Egyptian cat goddess Bastet. (Hesham Sallam/American University in ...