Mustela strandi (Mustelidae, Carnivora) from the Early Pleistocene of Crimea

D O Gimranov; Q Jiangzuo; A V Lavrov; A V Lopatin

doi:10.1134/S0012496623700680

Mustela strandi (Mustelidae, Carnivora) from the Early Pleistocene of Crimea

Dokl Biol Sci. 2023 Aug;511(1):284-288. doi: 10.1134/S0012496623700680. Epub 2023 Sep 12.

Authors

D O Gimranov¹, Q Jiangzuo^{2

3}, A V Lavrov⁴, A V Lopatin⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 620144, Yekaterinburg, Russia. djulfa250@rambler.ru.
² Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China.
³ Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100044, Beijing, China.
⁴ Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117647, Moscow, Russia.

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.

Keywords: Crimea; Late Villafranchian; Mustela strandi; Taurida cave; mandible.

MeSH terms

Animals
Carnivora*
Europe
Fossils
Mustelidae*
Russia