Oaxacagale

Oaxacagale Temporal range: Late Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Mustelidae
Genus:	† Oaxacagale Ferrusquía-Villafranca & Wang, 2021
Species
†O. ruizi

Oaxacagale is an extinct weasel genus of Mustelidae that lived in the Eocene in North America. It is thought to have resembled the extant Mustela frenata . ^[1]

Fossils

The skull of Oaxacagale was found in Mexico in Yolomécatl Formation and is estimated to be 40.3 million years old. ^[1] It was found in the same fossil-bearing unit as Douglassciurus oaxacaensi and Protozetamys mixtecus . ^[2]

Species of Oaxacagale

Species	Time span	Author	Discovered
Oaxacagale ruizi	Late Eocene	Ferrusquía-Villafranca & Wang	2021

References

1. Ferrusquía-Villafranca, Ismael; Wang, Xiaoming (1 August 2021). "The first Paleogene mustelid (mammalia, Carnivora) from southern North America and its paleontologic significance" (PDF). Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 109 103236. Bibcode:2021JSAES.10903236F. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103236. ISSN   0895-9811. S2CID   233830062 . Retrieved 3 September 2023.
2. Jiménez-Hidalgo, Eduardo; Lander, E. Bruce; Israde-Alcántara, Isabel; Rodríguez-Caballero, Nadia Wendoline; Guerrero-Arenas, Rosalía (1 August 2021). "Earliest Arikareean (later early Oligocene) Iniyoo local Fauna from Chilapa Formation of Santiago Yolomécatl area in northwestern Oaxaca, southern Mexico" . Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 109 103307. Bibcode:2021JSAES.10903307J. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103307. ISSN   0895-9811. S2CID   234800965 . Retrieved 3 September 2023.