Dissopsalini

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
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

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

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    †Ekweeconfractus    ?  †Teratodontinae sp. (BC 2’08)    ?  †Teratodontinae sp. (CBI-1-614)        †Dissopsalini   †Dissopsalis    †Dissopsalis carnifex     †Dissopsalis pyroclasticus      †Buhakia    †Buhakia hyaenoides     †Buhakia moghraensis     †Buhakia sp. I (Karungu, Kenya)     †Buhakia sp. II (GSN GT VI 22’17)         †Brychotherium         †Metasinopa       †Masrasector nananubis    ?  †Masrasector pithecodacos †Masrasector         †Masrasector aegypticum     †Masrasector ligabuei         †Anasinopa     †Teratodontini