TY - JOUR
T1 - The earliest European badger (Meles meles), from the Late Villafranchian site of Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Granada, SE Iberian Peninsula)
AU - Madurell-Malapeira, Joan
AU - Martínez-Navarro, Bienvenido
AU - Ros-Montoya, Sergio
AU - Patrocinio Espigares, Maria
AU - Toro, Isidro
AU - Palmqvist, Paul
N1 - Funding Information:
We are indebted to J. Marmi and A. Arrizabalaga for their support. This work was supported by the Consejeria de Cultura of the Junta de Andalucia (contract Exp. B090678SV18BC), the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (grants MICINN CGL2010-15326/BTE, CGL08-04896/BTE and CGL2008-00325/BTE), and the Government of Catalonia (grant GENCAT 2009 SGR 324).
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Carnivora
KW - Europe
KW - Late Villafrachian
KW - Meles
KW - Mustelidae
KW - Orce
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/83155180547
U2 - 10.1016/j.crpv.2011.06.001
DO - 10.1016/j.crpv.2011.06.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:83155180547
SN - 1631-0683
VL - 10
SP - 609
EP - 615
JO - Comptes Rendus - Palevol
JF - Comptes Rendus - Palevol
IS - 8
ER -