Dissopsalini Temporal range: Miocene
Early to Late
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Comparison of various Early to Middle Miocene hyaenodonts, including the hyainailurids Hyainailouros sulzeri (top) and Megistotherium osteothlastes (center), and teratodontid Dissopsalis carnifex | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | † Hyaenodonta |
Superfamily: | † Hyainailouroidea |
Family: | † Teratodontidae |
Subfamily: | † Teratodontinae |
Tribe: | †
Dissopsalini Morales & Pickford, 2017 [1] |
Type genus | |
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Dissopsalis Pilgrim, 1910
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Genera | |
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Dissopsalini ("double scissors") is an extinct tribe of teratodontid hyaenodonts. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from early to late Miocene deposits in Asia and Africa. [1]
The phylogenetic relationships of tribe Dissopsalini are shown in the following cladogram: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
† Teratodontidae |
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†Kyawdawia clade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dissopsalini Temporal range: Miocene
Early to Late
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Comparison of various Early to Middle Miocene hyaenodonts, including the hyainailurids Hyainailouros sulzeri (top) and Megistotherium osteothlastes (center), and teratodontid Dissopsalis carnifex | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | † Hyaenodonta |
Superfamily: | † Hyainailouroidea |
Family: | † Teratodontidae |
Subfamily: | † Teratodontinae |
Tribe: | †
Dissopsalini Morales & Pickford, 2017 [1] |
Type genus | |
†
Dissopsalis Pilgrim, 1910
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Genera | |
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Dissopsalini ("double scissors") is an extinct tribe of teratodontid hyaenodonts. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from early to late Miocene deposits in Asia and Africa. [1]
The phylogenetic relationships of tribe Dissopsalini are shown in the following cladogram: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
† Teratodontidae |
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†Kyawdawia clade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||