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Juvenile Hoplophoneus Skull
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This incredible skull comes from the juvenile sabertooth Hoplophoneus. Its canine teeth have yet to grow in and turn it into the amazing monster it would become. These juvenile skulls are very difficult to come by and tend to sell very quickly.
Hoplophoneus is an extinct genus of predatory mammal that lived during the Oligocene epoch, approximately 33 to 24 million years ago. It was a type of nimravid, a family of carnivorous mammals that resembled modern-day big cats but were not closely related to them. Hoplophoneus had sharp teeth and powerful jaws, and likely hunted small to medium-sized prey such as rodents and other mammals.
This skull has about 70% restoration with real sabers in the jaw. Act now before it is gone.
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