Dissopsalis Explained

Dissopsalis ("double scissors") is a genus of teratodontine hyaenodonts of the tribe Dissopsalini.[1] [2] 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.[3]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Jorge Morales . Martin Pickford . 2017 . New hyaenodonts (Ferae, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Napak (Uganda), Koru (Kenya) and Grillental (Namibia) . Fossil Imprint . 73 . 3–4 . 332–359 . 10.2478/if-2017-0019 . 31350436 .
  2. Borths . M. R. . Seiffert . E. R. . April 2017 . Craniodental and humeral morphology of a new species of Masrasector (Teratodontinae, Hyaenodonta, Placentalia) from the late Eocene of Egypt and locomotor diversity in hyaenodonts . PLOS ONE . 12 . 4 . e0173527 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0173527. 28422967 . 5396875 . 2017PLoSO..1273527B . free .
  3. Barry, J. C. (1988.) "Dissopsalis, a middle and late Miocene proviverrine creodont (Mammalia) from Pakistan and Kenya." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 48(1): 25–45

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