Martellictis
| Martellictis Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Subfamily: | Ictonychinae |
| Tribe: | †Galictini |
| Genus: | †Martellictis |
| Species: | †M. ardea
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| Binomial name | |
| †Martellictis ardea Gervais, 1859
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Martellictis is an extinct genus of mustelid that lived during the Pliocene epoch. The type species, Martellictis ardea, was initially classified as a species of Mustela and later as a species of Pannonictis or Enhydrictis before it was given its own genus in 2018.[1]
References
- ^ Bartolini Lucenti, Saverio (October–December 2018). "Revising the species "Mustela" ardea Gervais, 1848–1852 (Mammalia, Mustelidae): Martellictis gen. nov. and the systematics of the fossil "Galictinae" of Eurasia". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 17 (8): 522–535. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2018.02.003. ISSN 1631-0683. Retrieved 3 November 2025 – via Elsevier Science Direct.