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The systematic position of the ailurids was debated for a long time but recent molecular studies indicated that they constitute an independent family within Musteloidea. They include eight extinct taxa and only one extant species, the red panda Ailurus fulgens. In the Greek fossil record, there is only one species, Simocyon primigenius, found in its type locality Pikermi (Attica) and in Halmyropotamos (Evia Island), both dated to the middle Turolian, MN12 (Late Miocene). The family, however, is known from several fossiliferous sites of Europe and Asia, while there is a reference for its presence in Africa.
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Koufos, G.D. (2022). The Fossil Record of Ailurids (Mammalia: Carnivora: Ailuridae) in Greece. In: Vlachos, E. (eds) Fossil Vertebrates of Greece Vol. 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68442-6_22
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