Dissopsalini
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| Dissopsalini Temporal range: Early—Late Miocene,
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| Comparison of various Early to Middle Miocene hyaenodonts, including the hyainailurids Hyainailouros sulzeri (top) and Megistotherium osteothlastes (center), and teratodontid Dissopsalis carnifex (bottom) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Hyaenodonta |
| Superfamily: | †Hyainailouroidea |
| Family: | †Teratodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Teratodontinae |
| Tribe: | †Dissopsalini Morales & Pickford, 2017[1] |
| Type genus | |
| †Dissopsalis Pilgrim, 1910
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| Genera | |
Dissopsalini ("double scissors") is an extinct tribe of hyaenodonts from extinct family Teratodontidae. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from early to late Miocene deposits in Asia and Africa.[1][2]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The name of the family translates as "monstrous teeth" (from Ancient Greek τέρας (téras) 'monster', from Ancient Greek ὀδών (odon) 'tooth' and taxonomic suffix "-idae".
Classification and phylogeny
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