Talk:Carnassial

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I want to see a picture! Brainmuncher 03:04, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks, Cbrookes92 (talk) 17:54, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Really?

 * Furthermore, the evolutionary design behind having only one carnassial pair is to allow for easier remodelling of the animal's dentition through natural selection, if the need to do so arises.

Really? There is no pre-planning in Darwinian evolution, so this wording is VERY suspect Snori (talk) 22:08, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Quite agree. I'll remove this polypompholyx (talk) 08:33, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

"Fossil record" and origin of carnivorans
The fossil record indicates the presence of carnassial teeth 50 million years ago, implying that Carnivora family members descend from a common ancestor.

The foregoing statement (currently in the article) is not supported by the source (or indeed facts). The source, from the University of Edinburgh doesn't say when the first carnivoran carnassial was present, nor that carnivorans arose at that time. It merely says that carnivorans "expanded" at that time, which I guess means there was a major radiation of carnivorans at that time. (Tne page its not one of UoE's finest moments.) In any event, carnivorans existed well before 50 mya. And so did carnassial teeth in carnivorans and elsewhere.

So, unless there is a groundswell to the contrary, I intend to delete this sourced statement in my next revision of this article. AnthroMimus (talk) 14:23, 30 May 2015 (UTC)