The earliest European badger (Meles meles), from the Late Villafranchian site of Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Granada, SE Iberian Peninsula)

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• 作者：Joan Madurell-Malapeira^a ; Bienvenido Mart&#237 ; nez-Navarro^b ;   ; ^{bienvenido@icrea.es} ; Sergio Ros-Montoya^c ; Maria Patrocinio Espigares^c ; Isidro Toro^d ; Paul Palmqvist^e
• 关键词：Carnivora ; Mustelidae ; Meles ; Late Villafrachian ; Orce ; Europe
• 刊名：Comptes Rendus Palevol
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：November 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：10
• 期：8
• 页码：609-615
• 全文大小：829 K

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Paleontological and molecular data suggest that the divergence of the European and Asian badgers (Meles meles and Meles leucurus, respectively) from their ancestor Meles thorali might have taken place in the Middle to Late Villafranchian boundary (ca.?1.8 Ma). However, the available record of Late Villafrachian European badgers is scanty and poorly known, and this hypothesis needs more paleontological data in order to be tested. The badger hemimandible from the Iberian locality of Fuente Nueva 3, a locality placed in the beginning of the Late Villafranchian, supports the idea of an early divergence between European and Asian badgers.