Biology:Messelogale

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Messelogale
Temporal range: ?early to late Eocene
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Carnivoramorpha
Clade: Carnivoraformes
Genus: Messelogale
Type species
Messelogale kessleri
Species
  • M. kessleri

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

Wikidata ☰ Q6821869 entry