Martes Frisch 1775 (marten)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Parent taxon: Guloninae according to C. J. Law et al. 2018

See also Alroy 2002, Baryshnikov 2009, Baskin 1998, Carroll 1988, Ginsburg 1977, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Marmi et al. 2004, Mein and Ginsburg 1997, Morlo 1996, Werdelin and Peigne 2010 and Wilson 1967

Sister taxa: Eira, Galera, Grisonia, Gulonini, Ischyrictini, Laphictis, Pekania

Subtaxa: Martes (Tomictis) Martes americana Martes caurina Martes flavigula Martes foina Martes foxi Martes gazini Martes intermedius Martes khelifensis Martes martes Martes melampus Martes parviloba Martes sansaniensis Martes stirtoni Martes vetus Martes zibellina

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (5: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec collections), China (2), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Georgia (2), Germany (4), Greece (6), Hungary (2), Israel (2), Italy (4), Monaco (1), the Netherlands (1), Norway (1), Portugal (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (18: California, Colorado, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming)

• Blancan of United States (1: Kansas)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1)

• Pliocene of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), Moldova (1), Poland (1)

• Hemphillian of United States (6: Arizona, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas)

• Miocene of China (5), France (10), Germany (4), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Kazakhstan (1), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (4), Thailand (1), United States (7: California, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon)

Total: 104 collections including 122 occurrences

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