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Dissacus filholi

Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae

Taxonomy
Hyaenodictis filholi was named by Lemoine (1891). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.AL5152, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Epernay (general), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in France.

It was recombined as Dissacus filholi by Solé et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Hyaenodictis filholi Lemoine
2018Dissacus filholi Solé et al.

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
orderAcreodiMatthew 1909
Mesonychia
familyMesonychidae
genusDissacusCope 1881
speciesfilholi(Lemoine 1891)

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.

Dissacus filholi Lemoine 1891
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. Solé et al. 2018The species differs from D. europaeus, D. rougierae, and D. raslanloubatieri in having a lower but more mesio-distally elongated protoconid, at least on m2 (the only known molar). It also differs from D. europaeus, D. rougierae, and D. raslanloubatieri by wider talonids on p4 and m2, and the presence of individualized entoconids on p4 and m2. Dissacus filholi differs from D. blayaci by its smaller size (the latter is 38% larger) and the possible presence of an incipient metaconid on p4.