Oaxacagale

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]

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