Oaxacagale

Oaxacagale
Temporal range: Late Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

  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.