Dissopsalis Temporal range: Miocene
middle 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 pyroclasticus | |
Dissopsalis carnifex skull restoration, specimen AM19401 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | † Hyaenodonta |
Superfamily: | † Hyainailouroidea |
Family: | † Teratodontidae |
Subfamily: | † Teratodontinae |
Tribe: | † Dissopsalini |
Genus: | †
Dissopsalis Pilgrim, 1910 |
Type species | |
†Dissopsalis carnifex Pilgrim, 1910
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Species | |
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Dissopsalis ("double scissors") is a genus of teratodontine hyaenodonts of the tribe Dissopsalini. [3] [4] The older species, D. pyroclasticus, lived in Kenya during the middle Miocene, while the type species, D. carnifex, lived in Pakistan and India during the middle to late Miocene. [5]
Dissopsalis is the last known hyaenodont genus. It lived alongside its relative Hyaenodon weilini, a member of the very successful genus Hyaenodon, during the Miocene in China. Dissopsalis survived to the end of the Miocene, whereas H. weilini did not.
Dissopsalis Temporal range: Miocene
middle 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 pyroclasticus | |
Dissopsalis carnifex skull restoration, specimen AM19401 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | † Hyaenodonta |
Superfamily: | † Hyainailouroidea |
Family: | † Teratodontidae |
Subfamily: | † Teratodontinae |
Tribe: | † Dissopsalini |
Genus: | †
Dissopsalis Pilgrim, 1910 |
Type species | |
†Dissopsalis carnifex Pilgrim, 1910
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Species | |
Synonyms | |
synonyms of species:
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Dissopsalis ("double scissors") is a genus of teratodontine hyaenodonts of the tribe Dissopsalini. [3] [4] The older species, D. pyroclasticus, lived in Kenya during the middle Miocene, while the type species, D. carnifex, lived in Pakistan and India during the middle to late Miocene. [5]
Dissopsalis is the last known hyaenodont genus. It lived alongside its relative Hyaenodon weilini, a member of the very successful genus Hyaenodon, during the Miocene in China. Dissopsalis survived to the end of the Miocene, whereas H. weilini did not.