MUSTELA STRANDI (MUSTELIDAE, CARNIVORA) FROM THE EARLY PLEISTOCENE OF CRIMEA

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Abstract

The dentary of Mustela strandi Kormos, 1934 is described from the Lower Pleistocene deposits (Late Villafranchian, 1.8–1.5 Ma) of the Taurida cave in Crimea. It is the first finding of M. strandi in Russia. This extinct mustelid species is rarely found in the Lower and Middle Pleistocene of Central Europe.

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D. O. Gimranov

Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: djulfa250@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg

Q. Jiangzuo

Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University; Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Email: djulfa250@rambler.ru
China, Beijing; China, Beijing

A. V. Lavrov

Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: djulfa250@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

A. V. Lopatin

Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: djulfa250@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

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