Temporal range: Late Miocene - Early Pliocene 5.3–3.6 Ma
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Mellivora benfieldi mandible
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Carnivora
Family:
Mustelidae
Genus:
Mellivora
Species:
†M. benfieldi
Binomial name
†Mellivora benfieldi
Hendey, 1978[1]
Mellivora benfieldi or Benfield's honey badger is an extinct species of mustelid from the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene of Africa and possibly Europe.
^Avery, D. Margaret (2019). A Fossil History of Southern African Land Mammals. Cambridge University Press. p. 60. ISBN 9781108480888.
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