Oaxacagale
Oaxacagale is a extinct weasel genus of Mustelidae that lived in the Eocene in North America. It is thought to have resembled the extant Mustela frenata.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Genus: | †Oaxacagale Ferrusquía-Villafranca & Wang, 2021 |
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†O. ruizi | |
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 | Time span | Author | Discovered |
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| Oaxacagale ruizi | Late Eocene | Ferrusquía-Villafranca & Wang | 2021 |
References
- Ferrusquía-Villafranca, Ismael; Wang, Xiaoming (1 August 2021). "The first Paleogene mustelid (mammalia, Carnivora) from southern North America and its paleontologic significance". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 109: 103236. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103236. ISSN 0895-9811. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- 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. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103307. ISSN 0895-9811. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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