Hoplophoneus, saber tooth cat skull Ouranosaurus Crinoids are commonly known as

Crinoids are commonly known as sea lilies due to their "flower-like" appearance

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

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

Ancyloceras is an extinct genus of heteromorph ammonites found in the marine strata of Europe and Morocco dating to the Lower Cretaceous

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

Hoplophoneus, saber tooth cat skull Ouranosaurus Crinoids are commonly known asHoplophoneus (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