Hoplophoneus
In Depth Originally known as Drepanodon, fossils of this mammal were renamed Hoplophoneus by Edward Drinker Cope in 1874. Although resembling a big cat, Hoplophoneus was actually one of the nimravids, more popularly known as the ‘false sabre-toothed cats’. Nimravids were descended from an early off shoot of the carnivora and were actively hunting long … Read more