''Messelogale'' is an extinct genus of
Miacidae
Miacids are extinct primitive carnivoramorphans within the family Miacidae that lived during the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, about 62–34 million years ago. Miacids existed for approximately .
Miacids are thought to have evolved into the ...
. Its fossils have been found in
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...
. There is one assigned species: ''M. kessleri''.
Sources
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*''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;
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Miacids
Prehistoric monotypic mammal genera
Eocene mammals of Europe
Prehistoric placental genera
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