Dissopsalini Explained

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.

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

• Tribe: †Dissopsalini
  • Genus: †Buhakia
    • †Buhakia hyaenoides
    • †Buhakia moghraensis
    • †Buhakia sp. I [Karungu, Kenya]
    • †Buhakia sp. II [''GSN GT VI 22’17'']
  • Genus: †Dissopsalis
    • †Dissopsalis carnifex
    • †Dissopsalis pyroclasticus

Phylogeny

The phylogenetic relationships of tribe Dissopsalini are shown in the following cladogram:^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

See also

• Mammal classification
• Teratodontidae

Notes and References

1. Borths . Matthew R. . Stevens . Nancy J. . 2017 . Deciduous dentition and dental eruption of Hyainailouroidea (Hyaenodonta, "Creodonta," Placentalia, Mammalia) . Palaeontologia Electronica . 20 . 3 . 55A . 10.26879/776 . free.
2. Matthew R. Borths . Nancy J. Stevens . 2019 . Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, gen. et sp. nov. (Hyainailourinae, Hyaenodonta, 'Creodonta,' Mammalia), a gigantic carnivore from the earliest Miocene of Kenya . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 39 . 1 . e1570222 . 10.1080/02724634.2019.1570222. 2019JVPal..39E0222B . 145972918 .
3. Floréal Solé . Bernard Marandat . Fabrice Lihoreau . 2020 . The hyaenodonts (Mammalia) from the French locality of Aumelas (Hérault), with possible new representatives from the late Ypresian . Geodiversitas . 42 . 13 . 185–214 . 10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a13 . 219585388 . free .
4. Solé . F. . Morlo . M. . Schaal . T. . Lehmann . T. . New hyaenodonts (Mammalia) from the late Ypresian locality of Prémontré (France) support a radiation of the hyaenodonts in Europe already at the end of the early Eocene . 2021 . Geobios . 66-67 . 119–141 . 10.1016/j.geobios.2021.02.004. 2021Geobi..66..119S . 234848856 .
5. Flink . T. . Cote . S. . 2021 . The neurocranium of Ekweeconfractus amorui gen. et sp. nov. (Hyaenodonta, Mammalia) and the evolution of the brain in some hyaenodontan carnivores . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 41 . 2 . e1927748 . 10.1080/02724634.2021.1927748. 2021JVPal..41E7748F . 237518007 . free .
6. Averianov . Alexander . Obraztsova . Ekaterina . Danilov . Igor . Jin . Jian-Hua . 2023 . A new hypercarnivorous hyaenodont from the Eocene of South China . Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution . 11 . 10.3389/fevo.2023.1076819 . 2296-701X . free .