DISCOVERY OF AN ANCESTOR OF THE LESSER PANDA IN THE MIDDLE MIOCENE OFMADRID (SPAIN)

Authors
GINSBURG L MORALES J SORIA D HERRAEZ E
Citation
L. Ginsburg et al., DISCOVERY OF AN ANCESTOR OF THE LESSER PANDA IN THE MIDDLE MIOCENE OFMADRID (SPAIN), Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes, 325(6), 1997, pp. 447-451
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518050
Volume
325
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
447 - 451
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(1997)325:6<447:DOAAOT>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
One isolated lower tooth (M-2) collected in the Middle Miocene of Madr id (Spain) is determined as a new taxon: Magerictis imperialensis nov. gen. nov. sp. It is very close to the lesser panda, Ailurus fulgens. Thus, the origins of the lesser panda are not with procyonids, but wit h european mustelids. The origin of ailurids, as well as the simocyoni ds, are close to a form such as Amphictis a small Oligocene mustelid f rom the Phosphorites of Quercy, which already shows an elongated M-2.