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MrMediaGuy2 Since: Jun, 2015
Nov 27th 2018 at 3:09:22 PM •••

It's worth noting that there is no conclusive evidence of volaticothere mammals being powered flyers.

We know that Volaticotherium itself was a glider, and its relative Ichthyoconodon had teeth preserved in marine strata. However, because of this, a user keeps going around on various sites claiming this is proof that volaticotheres developed powered flight, and treating this hypothesis as fact, even though if a group of flying mammals avoided competition with pterosaurs AND early birds, we would surely have more evidence of it.

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Adannor Since: May, 2010
Nov 29th 2018 at 4:45:54 AM •••

The funniest thing in this situation. Previous account pushing this edit was thiis guy, known on his Patreon as "Carlos Albuquerque". Which is also the name of the author on the book they're pushing.

Hunter1324 Since: Apr, 2015
Sep 12th 2015 at 2:46:14 PM •••

Should the fact that some modern cladistic analysis point out that Creodonta is paraphiletic be mentioned?

It was just recently edited on wikipedia's Creodonta page after all.

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LSSJ2Gohan Since: Sep, 2010
Jul 12th 2014 at 4:14:11 PM •••

Why is this list ending at Australopiths? Why not include the Homo genus? What are the supposed "ethical reasons" behind not including our genus?

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SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
Jul 12th 2014 at 11:37:59 PM •••

I suspect that simple omission is the reason - or that Homo being an extant genus doesn't count.

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Spinosegnosaurus77 Since: May, 2011
Jul 13th 2014 at 4:07:29 AM •••

But extinct species of Panthera, Canis and Ursus are addressed. You can add a section on extinct species of Homo if you want.

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LSSJ2Gohan Since: Sep, 2010
Jul 15th 2014 at 12:09:38 PM •••

Thanks for your input. If you guys ask me, it seems more to avoid offending the ultra religious. But those kind of guys view sites like these as a taboo, so it doesn't really matter. If nobody minds, I will expand on the last folder to add our extinc ancestors and relatives from the Homo genus.

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Spinosegnosaurus77 Mweheheh Since: May, 2011
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Aug 11th 2013 at 4:04:25 AM •••

The part about Coryphodon seems dated. It's 2013; do people still support ungulate polyphyly?

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Kairu Since: Oct, 2010
Oct 10th 2012 at 11:27:44 PM •••

The word "life" in the title seems a tad superfluous to me. Aren't all mammals life-forms?

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Telcontar MOD Since: Feb, 2012
Oct 11th 2012 at 1:34:31 AM •••

It's part of a series on prehistoric life, as far as I can gather. Maybe we should punctuate it as Prehistoric Life — Mammals.

That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.
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