Mustela palerminea Petényi, 1864

Gasparik, Mihály & Pazonyi, Piroska, 2018, The macromammal remains and revised faunal list of the Somssich Hill 2 locality (late Early Pleistocene, Hungary) and the Epivillafranchian faunal change, Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 35, pp. 153-178 : 162-163

Mustela palerminea Petényi, 1864

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Material – Layer 4: Right P 4 (V.84.16).

Layer 5: 2 right M 1 s; left maxilla fragment with P 3 and P 4; left and right P 4 fragments (V.82.105).

Layer 6: Right P 4; right M 1 (VER 2017.8230.).

Layer 8: Right mandibula fragment with C, P 2, alveoli of P 3 and P 4; left mandibula fragment with M 1; left maxilla fragment with P 4; right P 4 (V.83.35).

Layer 9: Right mandibula fragment with M 1; left upper caninus (V.83.53).

Layer 10: Phalanx I (V.83.119).

Layer 12: Left M 1 fragment (V.84.16).

Layer 20: Left M 1; premolar fragment (VER 2018.2619.).

Layer 32: 2 right mandibula fragments with P 3 -M 2; right mandibula fragment with P 4, M 1 (VER 2018.2663.); – Left P 4 (VER 2018.2646.).

Layer 33: Left P 3 (VER 2018.2654.); – Right mandibula fragment with P 3, P 4, M 1 (VER 2018.2655.).

Layer 42: Right mandibula fragment with C, P 2 -M 1, M 2 fragment (VER 2018.2680.) ( Fig. 17 ).

Layer 43: Left and right P 3; left and right P 4; left and right P 3; left and right P 4; left upper caninus (VER 2018.2672.).

Remarks – For the determination of the Somssich Hill 2 small mustelids the main characteristic feature was the size of the remains. On the basis of the length data of the lower first molars (M 1) two size ranges were allowed to distinguish ( Table 3), the larger one fits in with the size range of Mustela palerminea , which is

a bit smaller than the extant M. erminea and the smaller one fits in with the size range of M. praenivalis , which is a bit smaller than the extant M. nivalis .

Figures

Figs 17–34. Carnivora remains from Somssich Hill 2. – Fig. 17. Mustela palerminea Petényi right mandibula fragment (VER 2018.2680.), buccal view. – Fig. 18. Mustela praenivalis Kormos left mandibula fragment (VER 2018.2664.), lingual view. – Figs 19–20. Pannonictis sp. right P3 (VER 2018.2639.). – Fig. 19. Lingual view. – Fig. 20. Occlusal view. – Figs 21–22. Pannonictis sp. left P 4 (VER 2018.2639.). – Fig. 21. Buccal view. – Fig. 22. Occlusal view. – Figs 23–24. Martes foina cf. intermedia (Severtzov) left mandibula fragment (VER 2017.8220.). – Fig. 23. Occlusal view. – Fig. 24. Lingual view. – Fig. 25. Martes foina cf. intermedia (Severtzov) left humerus fragment (VER 2018.2661.), posterior view. – Fig. 26. Felis cf. lunensis Martelli left femur fragment (VER 2018.2612.), posterior view. – Figs 27–28. Felis cf. lunensis Martelli deciduous right lower caninus (V.83.24). – Fig. 27. Lingual view. – Fig. 28. Buccal view. – Figs 29–32. Felis cf. lunensis Martelli left MT III fragment (VER 2018.2690.). – Fig. 29. Lateral view. – Fig. 30. Medial view. – Fig. 31. Proximal view. – Fig. 32. Anterior view. – Figs 33–34. Homotherium sp. right I3 fragment (V.82.100). – Fig. 33. Lingual view. – Fig. 34. Anterior view. All scale bars = 10 mm