Oaxacagale
| Oaxacagale Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Genus: | †Oaxacagale Ferrusquía-Villafranca & Wang, 2021 |
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†O. ruizi | |
Oaxacagale is an extinct weasel genus of
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 | Time span | Author | Discovered |
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| Oaxacagale ruizi | Late Eocene | Ferrusquía-Villafranca & Wang | 2021 |