Arenagale

Arenagale; Temporal range: Bartonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Afrosoricida
Suborder:	Tenrecomorpha
Family:	Tenrecidae
Genus:	† Arenagale
Species:	†A. calcareus
Binomial name
	†Arenagale calcareus; Pickford, 2015

Last updated August 17, 2025

Arenagale is an extinct genus of tenrecid that lived during the Bartonian stage of the Eocene epoch.

Distribution

Arenagale calcareus is known from the Eocliff Limestone of Namibia.^[1]

References

↑ Pickford, Martin (2015). "Late Eocene Potamogalidae and Tenrecidae (Mammalia) from the Sperrgebiet, Namibia" (PDF). Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 16: 114–152.

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[Arenagale-1] Pickford, Martin (2015). "Late Eocene Potamogalidae and Tenrecidae (Mammalia) from the Sperrgebiet, Namibia" (PDF). Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 16: 114–152.

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