A new species of Eomellivora from the latest Aragonian of Abocador de Can Mata (NE Iberian Peninsula)

Eomellivora is a large-bodied mellivorine mustelid genus widely distributed throughout Eurasia and North America during the late Miocene (MN9-MN13). Here, we report the oldest Eurasian material of Eomellivora based on a palate and two mandibular fragments from ACM/PTA-A2, a pre-Vallesian (11.21 Ma;...

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Autores: Alba, David M.|||0000-0002-8886-5580, Robles Gimenez, Josep Maria|||0000-0002-5410-3529, Valenciano Vaquero, Alberto|||0000-0003-1633-2248, Abella, Juan|||0000-0002-3433-6093, Casanovas i Vilar, Isaac|||0000-0001-7092-9622
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:247665
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/247665
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1943380
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Carnivora
Mustelidae
Mellivorinae
Systematics
Late Miocene
Spain
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Sumario:Eomellivora is a large-bodied mellivorine mustelid genus widely distributed throughout Eurasia and North America during the late Miocene (MN9-MN13). Here, we report the oldest Eurasian material of Eomellivora based on a palate and two mandibular fragments from ACM/PTA-A2, a pre-Vallesian (11.21 Ma; latest MN7+8) locality of Abocador de Can Mata (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula) that slightly predates the first appearance datum of Hippotherium by ~30 kyr. The described material differs from Hoplictis helbingi - another large mustelid recorded within the same basin in the roughly coeval site of Castell de Barberà (~11.2, earliest MN9) - and more closely resembles Eomellivora spp. Despite closer resemblances in both size and dental shape with the Vallesian (MN9-MN10) species Eomellivora piveteaui, the ACM material differs in possessing multiple features that may be considered plesiomorphic. A new species, Eomellivora moralesi sp. nov., is thus erected based on the described material. A cladistic analysis confirms that the new species occupies a basal-most position within the Eomellivora clade, in agreement with its older age and more plesiomorphic morphology.