Hoplophoneus, saber tooth cat skull Ouranosaurus It had massive ear bones

It had massive ear bones and large eyes

Previous reconstruction for museums concentrated on restoring the jaws as display racks for fossil teeth

but from some type of cataclysmic event

by a Catholic priest and amateur naturalist named Father Jean-Jacques Pouech

but contained the dentary area which was not present on the previous specimen

Hoplophoneus, saber tooth cat skull Ouranosaurus It had massive ear bonesHoplophoneus (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