RT Journal Article T1 The earliest European badger (Meles meles), from the Late Villafranchian site of Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Granada, SE Iberian Peninsula) T2 Le blaireau européen le plus précoce (Meles meles) provenant du site Villafranchien supérieur de Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Grenade, Sud-Est de la Péninsule ibérique) A1 Madurell-Malapeira, Joan A1 Martínez-Navarro, Bienvenido A1 Ros-Montoya, Sergio A1 Espigares, María Patrocinio A1 Toro Moyano, Isidro Jorge A1 Palmquist-Gomes, Paul K1 Mustélidos K1 Paleontología 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. PB ELSEVIER YR 2011 FD 2011 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33490 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33490 LA eng NO Joan Madurell-Malapeira, Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro, Sergio Ros-Montoya, Maria Patrocinio Espigares, Isidro Toro, Paul Palmqvist, The earliest European badger (Meles meles), from the Late Villafranchian site of Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Granada, SE Iberian Peninsula), Comptes Rendus Palevol, Volume 10, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 609-615, ISSN 1631-0683, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2011.06.001. NO Este trabajo ha sido financiado por la Consejería de Cultura de la Junta de Andalucía (contrato Exp. B090678SV18BC), el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (becas MICINN CGL2010-15326/BTE, CGL08- 04896/BTE y CGL2008-00325/BTE), y la Generalitat de Cataluña (beca GENCAT2009 SGR 324). DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 5 mar 2026