Name: Carnivora; Mustelidae: Eomellivora wimani
Age: Late Miocene
Size (25.4mm=1 inch): Skull: 250 mm long, 120 mm high, 180 mm across
Location: Guanghe Formation , Xihe, Gansu Province, China
Code: CF015
Price: $1495.00 - Sold
 Description:
This skull belongs to the largest known member of the Mustelidae:
Eomellivora. The Mustelidae are today represented by the weasels,
badgers, wolverines, and otters. The Mustelids diversified during
the Neogene, and migrated from Eurasia to North American during the
Late Miocene some 7-8 million years ago in their second wave of invasion.
The first appearance of this immense taxon was in the early Vallesian
of Europe some 11 million years ago. Notice the photograph that shows
a smaller, more typically-sized Mustelid for a size comparison. This
one may have lost out its predator niche to the bears that it resembles.
This is an exceptional example of a taxon rarely offered for sale. |
