RT Journal Article
T1 Re-evaluation of the very large Eomellivora fricki (Pia, 1939) (Carnivora, Mustelidae, Mellivorinae) from the Late Miocene of Austria
A1 Valenciano Vaquero, Alberto
A1 Abella, Juan
A1 Göhlich, , Ursula
A1 Álvarez-Sierra, M. Ángeles
A1 Morales, Jorge
AB We re-evaluated the Austrian material for Hadrictis fricki Pia, 1939, from the localities Wien XII-Altmannsdorf and Gaiselberg (MN9, Vallesian, Late Miocene), concluding that Hadrictis can be considered as a synonymy of Eomellivora Zdansky, 1924; we therefore named it as Eomellivora fricki. This species is one of the earliest representatives of the genus, together with E. piveteaui Ozansoy, 1965. Our phylogenetic analyses indicate that Eomellivora forms a monophyletic group, establishing the sister clade of the large and derived Late Miocene Ekorus ekakeran. Eomellivora fricki shows a primitive dental morphology and is the largest species of the genus. This species shows the complexity of the genus Eomellivora, in which large and small species coexisted since the beginning of the Late Miocene.
PB Paleontological Society
SN 1094-8074
YR 2017
FD 2017-04
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18647
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18647
LA eng
NO Unión Europea. FP7
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)/FEDER
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid/Banco de Santander
DS Docta Complutense
RD 3 may 2024