Messelogale

Messelogale; Temporal range: 47.8–46.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ middle Eocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Pan-Carnivora
Clade:	Carnivoramorpha
Clade:	Carnivoraformes
Genus:	† Messelogale ; Springhorn, 2000
Type species
	†Messelogale kessleri; Springhorn, 1982
Synonyms
	synonyms of species: M. kessleri: Miacis kessleri(Springhorn, 1982); ;

Last updated May 29, 2025

Messelogale ("weasel from Messel") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in Europe during the middle Eocene.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Springhorn, Rainer (2000). "Messelogale, eine neue Raubtiergattung aus dem Mitteleozän von Messel (Deutschland)" . PalZ. 74 (3): 425–439. doi:10.1007/BF02988110. S2CID 127809369.
↑ Springhorn, R. (1982.) "Neue Raubtiere (Mammalia: Creodonta et Carnivora) aus dem Lutetium der Grube Messel (Deutschland)" Palaeontographica, (A)179 (4-6): 105–141, Stuttgart.
↑ Rainer Springhorn (1985.) "Zwei neue Skelette von Miacis? kessleri (Mammalia, Carnivora) aus den lutetischen Ölschiefern der Grube Messel" Senckenbergiana Lethaea, 66 (1/2): 121–141, Frankfurt a. M.
↑ K. D. Rose and J. D. Archibold (2005.) "The Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and Relationships of the Major Extant Clades", Baltimore and London, Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN 978-0-8018-8022-3
↑ Solé, Floréal (2014). "New carnivoraforms from the early Eocene of Europe and their bearing on the evolution of the Carnivoraformes". Palaeontology. 57 (5): 963–978. Bibcode:2014Palgy..57..963S. doi:10.1111/pala.12097. ISSN 1475-4983. S2CID 129314381.

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[1] Springhorn, Rainer (2000). "Messelogale, eine neue Raubtiergattung aus dem Mitteleozän von Messel (Deutschland)" . PalZ. 74 (3): 425–439. doi:10.1007/BF02988110. S2CID 127809369.

[2] Springhorn, R. (1982.) "Neue Raubtiere (Mammalia: Creodonta et Carnivora) aus dem Lutetium der Grube Messel (Deutschland)" Palaeontographica, (A)179 (4-6): 105–141, Stuttgart.

[3] Rainer Springhorn (1985.) "Zwei neue Skelette von Miacis? kessleri (Mammalia, Carnivora) aus den lutetischen Ölschiefern der Grube Messel" Senckenbergiana Lethaea, 66 (1/2): 121–141, Frankfurt a. M.

[4] K. D. Rose and J. D. Archibold (2005.) "The Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and Relationships of the Major Extant Clades", Baltimore and London, Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN 978-0-8018-8022-3

[Sole-2014-5] Solé, Floréal (2014). "New carnivoraforms from the early Eocene of Europe and their bearing on the evolution of the Carnivoraformes". Palaeontology. 57 (5): 963–978. Bibcode:2014Palgy..57..963S. doi:10.1111/pala.12097. ISSN 1475-4983. S2CID 129314381.

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