Dissopsalini ("double scissors") is a
extinct
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tribe of
teratodontid hyaenodont
Hyaenodonta ("hyena teeth") is an extinct order of hypercarnivorous placental pan-carnivoran mammals from mirorder Ferae. Hyaenodonts were important mammalian predators that arose during the early Paleocene in Europe and persisted well into the ...
s. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from early to late
Miocene
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deposits in
Asia
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and
Africa
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.
Classification and phylogeny
Taxonomy
* Tribe: †Dissopsalini
** Genus: †''
Buhakia''
*** †''Buhakia hyaenoides''
*** †''Buhakia moghraensis''
*** †''Buhakia'' sp. I
arungu, Kenya
*** †''Buhakia'' sp. II
'GSN GT VI 22’17''
** Genus: †''
Dissopsalis
''Dissopsalis'' ("double scissors") is a genus of teratodontine hyaenodonts of the tribe Dissopsalini. The older species, ''D. pyroclasticus'', lived in Kenya during the middle Miocene, while the type species, ''D. carnifex'', lived in Pakista ...
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*** †''Dissopsalis carnifex''
*** †''Dissopsalis pyroclasticus''
Phylogeny
The phylogenetic relationships of tribe Dissopsalini are shown in the following cladogram:
See also
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Mammal classification
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Teratodontidae
Teratodontidae ("monstrous teeth") is a family of extinct predatory mammals from extinct paraphyletic superfamily Hyainailouroidea within extinct order Hyaenodonta. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from Middle Eocene to Late Miocene depo ...
References
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Hyaenodonts
Miocene mammals of Africa
Miocene mammals of Asia
Mammal tribes