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Dissopsalis ('double scissors') is an Extinction genus of Hyaenodonta from extinct tribe Dissopsalini within family Teratodontidae. 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 middle to late Miocene (16.1 to 8.8 Ma).Barry, J. C. (1988.) " Dissopsalis, a middle and late Miocene proviverrine creodont (Mammalia) from Pakistan and Kenya." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 48(1): 25–45 Dissopsalis is the last known hyaenodont genus.
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