Dissopsalis

Dissopsalis ('double scissors') is an extinct genus of hyaenodonts from extinct tribe Dissopsalini within family Teratodontidae.^[3][4] The older species, D. pyroclasticus, lived in Kenya during the middle Miocene (15.0 to 9.0 Ma), while the type species, D. carnifex, lived in Pakistan and India during the early to late Miocene (17 to 10.0 Ma).^[5][6] Dissopsalis was the last known hyaenodont genus.

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Mammalia

Order:†Hyaenodonta

Superfamily:†Hyainailouroidea

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Dissopsalis Temporal range: Early to Late Miocene (Burdigalian to Tortonian) 17–10 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Possible Aquitanian records
Comparison of various Early to Middle Miocene hyaenodonts, including the hyainailurids Hyainailouros sulzeri (top) and Megistotherium osteothlastes (center), and teratodontid Dissopsalis pyroclasticus
Dissopsalis carnifex skull restoration, specimen AM19401
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:	†Hyainailouroidea
Family:	†Teratodontidae
Subfamily:	†Teratodontinae
Tribe:	†Dissopsalini
Genus:	†Dissopsalis Pilgrim, 1910
Type species
†Dissopsalis carnifex Pilgrim, 1910
Species
†D. carnifex (Pilgrim, 1910)[1] †D. pyroclasticus (Savage, 1965)[2]
Synonyms
synonyms of species: D. carnifex: Dissopsalis ruber (Pilgrim, 1910)

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