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.
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Prodissopsalis
Temporal range: 46.3–37.8 Ma middle Eocene |
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| lower jaw of Prodissopsalis eocaenicus |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Mammalia |
| Order: |
†Hyaenodonta |
| Superfamily: |
†Hyaenodontoidea |
| Family: |
†Hyaenodontidae |
| Genus: |
†Prodissopsalis
Matthes, 1950 |
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| Type species |
†Prodissopsalis eocaenicus
Matthes, 1952 |
| Species |
- †P. eocaenicus (Matthes, 1952)[1]
- †P. jimenezi (Salesa, 2023)[2]
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| Synonyms |
- Imperatoria (Matthes, 1952)
- Geiselotherium robustum (Matthes, 1952)
- Imperatoria gallwitzi (Matthes, 1952)
- Imperatoria hageni (Matthes, 1952)
- Prodissopsalis ginsburgi (Calas, 1969)[3]
- Prodissopsalis robustus (Springhorn, 1982)[4]
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