Prodissopsalis

Prodissopsalis Temporal range: 46.3–37.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N middle Eocene
lower jaw of Prodissopsalis eocaenicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:	†Hyaenodontoidea
Family:	†Hyaenodontidae
Genus:	†Prodissopsalis Matthes, 1950
Type species
†Prodissopsalis eocaenicus Matthes, 1952
Species
†P. eocaenicus (Matthes, 1952)[1] †P. jimenezi (Salesa, 2023)[2]
Synonyms
synonyms of genus: Imperatoria (Matthes, 1952) synonyms of species: P. eocaenicus: Geiselotherium robustum (Matthes, 1952) Imperatoria gallwitzi (Matthes, 1952) Imperatoria hageni (Matthes, 1952) Prodissopsalis ginsburgi (Calas, 1969)[3] Prodissopsalis robustus (Springhorn, 1982)[4]

Prodissopsalis ("before Dissopsalis") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct family Hyaenodontidae, that lived in Europe during the middle Eocene. P. eocaenicus fossils are known from France and the site of Geiseltal in Germany. P. jimenezi is known from Mazaterón in Spain.

1. ^ H. W. Matthes (1952.) "I. Abhandlung: Die Creodontier aus der mitteleozänen Braunkohle des Geiseltals (I. Part: The Creodonta from the Middle Eocene of Geiseltal)." Hallesches Jahrbuch für mitteldeutsche Erdgeschichte 1:201-240
2. ^ Salesa, M. J.; Siliceo, G.; Antón, M.; Martínez, I.; Ortega, F. (2023). "New data on the mammalian fauna from the late middle Eocene (MP 15–16) of Mazaterón (Soria, Spain): The youngest presence of the genus Prodissopsalis (Hyaenodonta, Hyaenodontidae) in Europe". The Anatomical Record. doi:10.1002/ar.25223. hdl:10261/309311. PMC 12062567.
3. ^ Calas G. (1969.) "Découverte d'un Créodonte dans le Lutétien du Bassin d'Aquitaine." C. R. Somm. Soc. géol. France, 8: 289-290.
4. ^ Springhorn, R. (1982.) "Neue Raubtiere (Mammalia: Creodonta et Carnivora) aus dem Lutetium der Grube Messel (Deutschland)." Palaeontographica Abteilung A, 179, 105–141.

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