Oaxacagale Explained

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

Notes and References

1. Ferrusquía-Villafranca . Ismael . Wang . Xiaoming . The first Paleogene mustelid (mammalia, Carnivora) from southern North America and its paleontologic significance . Journal of South American Earth Sciences . 1 August 2021 . 109 . 103236 . 10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103236 . 2021JSAES.10903236F . 233830062 . 3 September 2023 . 0895-9811.
2. Jiménez-Hidalgo . Eduardo . Lander . E. Bruce . Israde-Alcántara . Isabel . Rodríguez-Caballero . Nadia Wendoline . Guerrero-Arenas . Rosalía . 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 . 1 August 2021 . 109 . 103307 . 10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103307 . 2021JSAES.10903307J . 234800965 . 3 September 2023 . 0895-9811. subscription .