Hoplophoneus, saber tooth cat skull Dimorphodon with 83 Clovis stone tools

with 83 Clovis stone tools

This is a cast of the skull of a juvenile perhaps half grown

This replica egg is molded and cast from the original egg

and its hind legs shorter

Its discovery was announced by H

Hoplophoneus, saber tooth cat skull Dimorphodon with 83 Clovis stone toolsHoplophoneus (pronounced hop loh PHONE ee us) was a relatively small saber toothed cat (about 1 1 2 to 2 times the size of a housecat) that lived during the Oligocene period (from about 40 million to 20 million years ago). Fossils have been found in Wyoming, USA. This cat's skull was 6 inches (15 cm) long. This predator had long, saber like upper canine teeth that fit into a socket in its lower jaw. Hoplophoneus was plantigrade (flat footed, unlike