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Dissopsalis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Hyaenodontidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Mammalia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Hyaenodonta

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Similar
  
Proviverra, Hyaenodontidae, Hyainailurus, Tritemnodon, Proviverrinae

Dissopsalis is a genus of extinct predatory mammals of the family Hyaenodontidae. The older species, D. pyroclasticus, lived in Kenya during the middle Miocene, while the type species, D. carnifex, ranged from, Pakistan, India to China during the middle to late Miocene (Barry, 1988).

Dissopsalis is the last known hyaenodontid genus. It lived alongside its relative Hyaenodon weilini, a member of the very successful genus Hyaenodon, during the Miocene in China, and survived to the end of the Miocene, whereas H. weilini did not.

Species

  • Genus Dissopsalis
  • Dissopsalis carnifex
  • Dissopsalis pyroclasticus
  • References

    Dissopsalis Wikipedia