Messelogale

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Messelogale
Temporal range: 47.8–46.3 
Ma
middle Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade:
Pan-Carnivora
Clade: Carnivoramorpha
Clade:
Carnivoraformes
Genus: Messelogale
Springhorn, 2000[1]
Type species
Messelogale kessleri
Springhorn, 1982[2]
Synonyms
synonyms of species:
  • M. kessleri:
    • Miacis kessleri (Springhorn, 1982)

Messelogale ("weasel from

Carnivoraformes, that lived in Europe during the middle Eocene.[3][4][5]

References

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  2. ^ Springhorn, R. (1982.) "Neue Raubtiere (Mammalia: Creodonta et Carnivora) aus dem Lutetium der Grube Messel (Deutschland)" Palaeontographica, (A)179 (4-6): 105–141, Stuttgart.
  3. ^ Rainer Springhorn (1985.) "Zwei neue Skelette von Miacis? kessleri (Mammalia, Carnivora) aus den lutetischen Ölschiefern der Grube Messel" Senckenbergiana Lethaea, 66 (1/2): 121–141, Frankfurt a. M.
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