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Dissopsalini

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Dissopsalini
Temporal range: 20.0–8.8 Ma Early to Late Miocene
Comparison of various Early to Middle Miocene hyaenodonts, including the hyainailurids Hyainailouros sulzeri (top) and Megistotherium osteothlastes (center), and teratodontid Dissopsalis carnifex
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
Genera

Dissopsalini ("double scissors") is an extinct tribe of teratodontid hyaenodonts. Fossil remains of these mammals are known from early to late Miocene deposits in Asia and Africa.[1]

Classification and phylogeny

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Taxonomy

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  • Tribe: †Dissopsalini (Morales & Pickford, 2017)
    • Genus: †Buhakia (Morlo, 2007)
      • Buhakia hyaenoides (Morales, 2003)
      • Buhakia moghraensis (Morlo, 2007)
      • Buhakia sp. I [Karungu, Kenya] (Savage, 1965)
      • Buhakia sp. II [GSN GT VI 22’17] (Morales & Pickford, 2017)
    • Genus: †Dissopsalis (Pilgrim, 1910)
      • Dissopsalis carnifex (Pilgrim, 1910)
      • Dissopsalis pyroclasticus (Savage, 1965)

Phylogeny

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The phylogenetic relationships of tribe Dissopsalini are shown in the following cladogram:[2][3][4][5][6][7]

 †Teratodontidae 
 †Teratodontinae 

Furodon

 ? 

Teratodontinae sp. (BC 2’08)

 ? 

Teratodontinae sp. (CBI-1-614)

Ekweeconfractus

Paratritemnodon

Kyawdawia

 †Dissopsalini 
 †Buhakia 

Buhakia hyaenoides

Buhakia moghraensis

Buhakia sp. I (Karungu, Kenya)

Buhakia sp. II (GSN GT VI 22’17)

 †Dissopsalis 

Dissopsalis carnifex

Dissopsalis pyroclasticus

Kyawdawia clade

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Jorge Morales; Martin Pickford (2017). "New hyaenodonts (Ferae, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Napak (Uganda), Koru (Kenya) and Grillental (Namibia)" (PDF). Fossil Imprint. 73 (3–4): 332–359. doi:10.2478/if-2017-0019. S2CID 31350436.
  2. ^ Borths, Matthew R.; Stevens, Nancy J. (2017). "Deciduous dentition and dental eruption of Hyainailouroidea (Hyaenodonta, "Creodonta," Placentalia, Mammalia)". Palaeontologia Electronica. 20 (3): 55A. doi:10.26879/776.
  3. ^ Matthew R. Borths; Nancy J. Stevens (2019). "Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, gen. et sp. nov. (Hyainailourinae, Hyaenodonta, 'Creodonta,' Mammalia), a gigantic carnivore from the earliest Miocene of Kenya". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39 (1): e1570222. Bibcode:2019JVPal..39E0222B. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1570222. S2CID 145972918.
  4. ^ Floréal Solé; Bernard Marandat; Fabrice Lihoreau (2020). "The hyaenodonts (Mammalia) from the French locality of Aumelas (Hérault), with possible new representatives from the late Ypresian". Geodiversitas. 42 (13): 185–214. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a13. S2CID 219585388.
  5. ^ Solé, F.; Morlo, M.; Schaal, T.; Lehmann, T. (2021). "New hyaenodonts (Mammalia) from the late Ypresian locality of Prémontré (France) support a radiation of the hyaenodonts in Europe already at the end of the early Eocene". Geobios. 66–67: 119–141. Bibcode:2021Geobi..66..119S. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2021.02.004. S2CID 234848856.
  6. ^ Flink, T.; Cote, S. (2021). "The neurocranium of Ekweeconfractus amorui gen. et sp. nov. (Hyaenodonta, Mammalia) and the evolution of the brain in some hyaenodontan carnivores". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41 (2): e1927748. Bibcode:2021JVPal..41E7748F. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1927748. S2CID 237518007.
  7. ^ Averianov, Alexander; Obraztsova, Ekaterina; Danilov, Igor; Jin, Jian-Hua (2023). "A new hypercarnivorous hyaenodont from the Eocene of South China". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. doi:10.3389/fevo.2023.1076819. ISSN 2296-701X.