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Dissopsalis

Mammalia - Creodonta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Dissopsalis Pilgrim
1965Dissopsalis Savage p. 265
1967Dissopsalis Van Valen
1997Dissopsalis McKenna and Bell
2007Dissopsalis Peigné et al. p. 453
2014Dissopsalis Solé et al.
2017Dissopsalis Borths and Stevens
2017Dissopsalis Morales and Pickford

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyainailouroidea
Teratodontinae()
genusDissopsalisPilgrim 1910

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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Serravallian or 15.97000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya D. pyroclasticus (22070)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Jammu and Kashmir) D. sp. (11797)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Pakistan (Minanwali) D. carnifex (13489)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kenya (Central Nyanza) D. sp. (21340)