Eomellivora

Eomellivora
Temporal range: Miocene, 11–5 Ma
Eomellivora piveteaui mandible
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: †Eomellivora
Zdansky, 1924
Type species
†Eomellivora wimani
Zdansky, 1924
Other species
  • Eomellivora fricki (Pia, 1939)
  • Eomellivora hungarica Kretzoi, 1942
  • Eomellivora ursogulo (Orlov, 1947)
  • Eomellivora piveteaui Ozansoy, 1965
  • Eomellivora? tugenensis Morales & Pickford, 2005
Synonyms
  • Hadrictis fricki Pia, 1939
  • Perunium ursogulo Orlov, 1947

Eomellivora is an extinct genus of prehistoric mustelids, closely related to the honey badger, known from Eurasia and North America, and tentatively Africa. It was one of the biggest mustelids ever known, bigger and more hypercarnivorous than the modern wolverine.[1]

  1. ^ Valenciano, Alberto; Abella, Juan; Sanisidro, Oscar; Hartstone-Rose, Adam; Álvarez-Sierra, María Ángeles; Morales, Jorge (27 May 2015). "Complete description of the skull and mandible of the giant mustelid Eomellivora piveteaui Ozansoy, 1965 (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae), from Batallones (MN10), late Miocene (Madrid, Spain)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35 (4): e934570. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.934570.