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Image: Hoplophoneus primaevus (fossil false sabertooth cat) (Middle Oligocene; Nebraska, USA) 3 (32791323412)

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Description: Hoplophoneus primaevus (Leidy, 1851) - fossil false sabertooth cat skull from the Oligocene of Nebraska, USA. (CM 943, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) From museum signage: "Hoplophoneus was one of the first saber-toothed cats. It probably stalked the many small to medium-sized herbivores of the Oligocene." Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Nimravidae or Felidae See info. at: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoplophoneus" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoplophoneus</a>
Title: Hoplophoneus primaevus (fossil false sabertooth cat) (Middle Oligocene; Nebraska, USA) 3 (32791323412)
Credit: Hoplophoneus primaevus (fossil false sabertooth cat) (Middle Oligocene; Nebraska, USA) 3
Author: James St. John
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