carnassial
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Some modern carnivores also have carnassial teeth; evolution resulted in teeth adapted to do the same task for both groups, although they are not related.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2023
Creodont fossils have long, narrow skulls similar in shape to a coyote’s, and carnassial molars, which cut through meat and bone like a pair of sharp scissors.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2023
From the carnassial tooth you can infer the reduced clavicle, and so on.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
This tooth is called the sectorial, or carnassial.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
From a "carnivorous" alimentary canal, then, you can infer with certainty that the animal possessed carnassial teeth and the other structural peculiarities of carnivorous animals, e.g., the peculiar coronoid process of the mandible.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
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