Named premolars, a molar and a partial mandible test the position and feeding interpretation of an early giant-panda relative.
Represented range11.8–11.2 Ma
RegionsNombrevilla 2 and Abocador de Can Mata, Spain
CladesUrsidae · Ailuropodinae · Kretzoiarctos
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morphology · medium
MNCN-CSIC NV-2-42, NV-2-40 and IPS 46473 document a middle Miocene Spanish ursid dental sample recovered within Ailuropodinae in the published matrix; diet and biogeographic origin remain comparative interpretations.