Oaxacagale

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Oaxacagale
Temporal range: Late Eocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
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
SpeciesTime spanAuthorDiscovered
Oaxacagale ruizi Late Eocene Ferrusquía-Villafranca & Wang 2021

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References

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