Messelogale
Messelogale Temporal range: ?early to late Eocene
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Family: | †Miacidae |
Genus: | †Messelogale Springhorn, 2000 |
Species: | †M. kessleri
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Binomial name | |
†Messelogale kessleri Springhorn, 1982
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Messelogale is an extinct genus of Miacidae. Its fossils have been found in Europe. There is one assigned species: M. kessleri.
Sources[]
- findarticles.com
- www.senckenberg.de
- The Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and Relationships of the Major Extant Clades edited by Kenneth David Rose, and J. David Archibald; page 193. Published 2005; ISBN 0-8018-8022-X
Categories:
- Carnivoraformes
- Miacids
- Prehistoric monotypic mammal genera
- Eocene mammals of Europe
- Prehistoric placental genera
- Prehistoric mammal stubs