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Dissopsalini

Dissopsalini is an extinct tribe of hyaenodonts from extinct family Teratodontidae. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from early to late Miocene deposits in Asia and Africa.

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Dissopsalini
Temporal range: Early—Late Miocene,
Comparison of various Early to Middle Miocene hyaenodonts, including the hyainailurids Hyainailouros sulzeri (top) and Megistotherium osteothlastes (center), and teratodontid Dissopsalis carnifex (bottom)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: †Hyaenodonta
Superfamily: †Hyainailouroidea
Family: †Teratodontidae
Subfamily: †Teratodontinae
Tribe: †Dissopsalini
Morales & Pickford, 20171
Type genus
†Dissopsalis
Pilgrim, 1910
Genera

Dissopsalini ("double scissors") is an extinct tribe of hyaenodonts from extinct family Teratodontidae. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from early to late Miocene deposits in Asia and Africa.12

Etymology

The name of the family translates as "monstrous teeth" (from Ancient Greek τέρας (téras) 'monster', from Ancient Greek ὀδών (odon) 'tooth' and taxonomic suffix "-idae".

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

  • Tribe: †Dissopsalini (Morales & Pickford, 2017)
    • Genus: †Buhakia (Morlo, 2007)
      • †Buhakia hyaenoides (Morales, 2003)
      • †Buhakia moghraensis (Morlo, 2007)
      • †Buhakia sp. I [Karungu, Kenya] (Savage, 1965)
      • †Buhakia sp. II [GSN GT VI 22’17] (Morales & Pickford, 2017)
    • Genus: †Dissopsalis (Pilgrim, 1910)
      • †Dissopsalis carnifex (Pilgrim, 1910)
      • †Dissopsalis pyroclasticus (Savage, 1965)
See also

See also

References

References

  1. Jorge Morales; Martin Pickford (2017). "New hyaenodonts (Ferae, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Napak (Uganda), Koru (Kenya) and Grillental (Namibia)" (PDF). Fossil Imprint. 73 (3–4): 332–359. doi:10.2478/if-2017-0019. S2CID 31350436.
  2. Barry, John C. (January 2025). "Siwalik Creodonts and Carnivorans". At the Foot of the Himalayas: Paleontology and Ecosystem Dynamics of the Siwalik Record. ISBN 978-1421450278.