Prodissopsalis

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.

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]