Hoplophoneus, saber tooth cat skull Ouranosaurus by a Catholic priest and

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

It had massive ear bones and large eyes

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

but from some type of cataclysmic event

Hoplophoneus, saber tooth cat skull Ouranosaurus by a Catholic priest andHoplophoneus (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