Dissopsalini

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.

Dissopsalini Temporal range: 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
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:	†Hyainailouroidea
Family:	†Teratodontidae
Subfamily:	†Teratodontinae
Tribe:	†Dissopsalini Morales & Pickford, 2017
Type genus
†Dissopsalis Pilgrim, 1910
Genera
†Buhakia †Dissopsalis

Classification and phylogeny

Taxonomy

• 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

The phylogenetic relationships of tribe Dissopsalini are shown in the following cladogram:

†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  ?  †Teratodontinae sp. (Locality BQ-2, Fayum, Egypt) †Brychotherium †Metasinopa †Masrasector nananubis  ?  †Masrasector pithecodacos †Masrasector aegypticum †Masrasector ligabuei †Anasinopa †Teratodontini	†Kyawdawia clade  †Masrasector

See also

• Mammal classification
• Teratodontidae