Dissopsalini

Dissopsalini
Temporal range: Early to 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)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Hyaenodonta
Superfamily: †Hyainailouroidea
Family: †Teratodontidae
Subfamily: †Teratodontinae
Tribe: †
Morales & Pickford, 2017[1]
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.[1]

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

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
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