Dissopsalini, Morales & Pickford, 2017

Morales, Jorge & Pickford, Martin, 2017, New Hyaenodonts (Ferae, Mammalia) From The Early Miocene Of Napak (Uganda), Koru (Kenya) And Grillental (Namibia), Fossil Imprint 73 (3 - 4), pp. 332-359 : 334-335

Tribe Dissopsalini trib. nov.

T y p e g e n u s. Dissopsalis PILGRIM, 1910 .

D i a g n o s i s. Hyaenodontidae with elongated upper molars (M1 – M2), with strong protocone separated from the buccal cusps by a narrow isthmus, long in the type genus Dissopsalis , shorter in the other genera of the tribe, metacone better developed than the paracone, the two cusps separated from each other by a well-marked vertical groove. Lower dentition with very sectorial m3 without a metaconid and a reduced talonid, m2 with greatly reduced, even residual, metaconid, wide talonid with hypoconid and entoconid, m1 with strong metaconid and wide accented talonid. Robust anterior premolars (P4 and p4). Anterior premolars not broadened.

I n c l u d e d g e n e r a. Dissopsalis PILGRIM, 1912 ,

Leakitherium SAVAGE, 1965 and Buhakia MORLO et al., 2007 .