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Taxonomy
Dissopsalis was named by Pilgrim (1910). It is not extant. It is the type genus of Dissopsalini.
It was assigned to Proviverrinae by Savage (1965); to Hyaenodontinae by Van Valen (1967); to Hyaenodontidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Hyainailourinae by Peigné et al. (2007); to Teratodontinae by Solé et al. (2014); to Dissopsalini by Morales and Pickford (2017); and to Teratodontinae by Borths and Stevens (2017).
It was assigned to Proviverrinae by Savage (1965); to Hyaenodontinae by Van Valen (1967); to Hyaenodontidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Hyainailourinae by Peigné et al. (2007); to Teratodontinae by Solé et al. (2014); to Dissopsalini by Morales and Pickford (2017); and to Teratodontinae by Borths and Stevens (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1910 | Dissopsalis Pilgrim |
| 1965 | Dissopsalis Savage p. 265 |
| 1967 | Dissopsalis Van Valen |
| 1997 | Dissopsalis McKenna and Bell |
| 2007 | Dissopsalis Peigné et al. p. 453 |
| 2014 | Dissopsalis Solé et al. |
| 2017 | Dissopsalis Borths and Stevens |
| 2017 | Dissopsalis Morales and Pickford |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Dissopsalis Pilgrim 1910
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†Dissopsalis carnifex Pilgrim 1910
†Dissopsalis pyroclasticus Savage 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Serravallian or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Langhian | Kenya | D. pyroclasticus (22070) | |
| Middle Miocene | India (Jammu and Kashmir) | D. sp. (11797) | |
| Middle Miocene - Tortonian | Pakistan (Minanwali) | D. carnifex (13489) | |
| Serravallian | Kenya (Central Nyanza) | D. sp., D. pyroclasticus (21340) |