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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Madurell-Malapeira, Joan author Martínez-Navarro, Bienvenido author Ros-Montoya, Sergio author Espigares, María Patrocinio author Toro Moyano, Isidro Jorge author Palmquist-Gomes, Paul author 2011 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. 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. https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33490 10.1016/j.crpv.2011.06.001 Mustélidos Paleontología The earliest European badger (Meles meles), from the Late Villafranchian site of Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Granada, SE Iberian Peninsula)