Dissopsalis

Dissopsalis
Temporal range: Early to Late Miocene (Burdigalian to Tortonian) 16.1–7.5 Ma
Dissopsalis carnifex skull restoration, specimen AM19401
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Species
  • †D. carnifex (Pilgrim, 1910)
  • †D. pyroclasticus (Savage, 1965)
Synonyms
synonyms of species:
  • D. carnifex:
    • Dissopsalis ruber (Pilgrim, 1910)

Dissopsalis ('double scissors') is an extinct genus of hyaenodonts from extinct tribe Dissopsalini within family Teratodontidae. The older species, D. pyroclasticus, lived in Kenya during the middle Miocene (15.0 to 11.4 Ma), while the type species, D. carnifex, lived in India and Pakistan during the early to late Miocene (16.1 to 7.5 Ma). Dissopsalis was the last known hyaenodont genus.

References

  1. ↑ Pilgrim, G. E. (1910.) "Preliminary note on a revised classification of the Tertiary freshwater deposits in India." Records Geological Survey of India, 40, 185-205.
  2. ↑ R. J. G. Savage (1965.) "Fossil Mammals of Africa: 19 The Miocene Carnivora of East Africa." Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 10(8):241-316
  3. ↑ 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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  5. ↑ 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.
  6. 1 2 3 Barry, John C. (1988). "Dissopsalis, a middle and late Miocene proviverrine creodont (Mammalia) from Pakistan and Kenya". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 8 (1): 25–45. doi:10.1080/02724634.1988.10011682. JSTOR 4523173.
  7. 1 2 Mahmood, K.; Abbad, S. G.; Jasinski, S. E.; Babar, M. A.; Khan, M. A. (2026). "Hyaenodonta from the Middle to Late Miocene deposits of the Siwaliks of Pakistan with a brief account of Indian subcontinent hyaenodonts". PalZ. doi:10.1007/s12542-025-00766-5.
  8. ↑ Sehgal, R. (2015). "Mammalian faunas from the Siwalik sediments exposed around Nurpur, District Kangra (HP): age and palaeobiogeographic implications". Himalayan Geology. 36 (1): 9–22.