Common name: Mustelid skull
Technical name: Pannonictis nestii skull
Dating: 1.3 million years
Site: Level TE9, Sima del Elefante, Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain.
Description: Extinct carnivore similar to an otter that lived during the Lower Pleistocene. They lived in a damp and warm environment, as at that time there were large bodies of water such as rivers and lakes.
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