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Pekania diluviana

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Mustela diluviana was named by Cope (1889).

It was recombined as Martes diluviana by Hall (1926), Gidley and Gazin (1933), Hall (1936), Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was recombined as Pekania diluviana by Samuels and Cavin (2013), Eshelman et al. (2025).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Mustela diluviana Cope
1902Mustela diluviana Hay p. 767
1926Martes diluviana Hall
1933Martes diluviana Gidley and Gazin
1933Martes parapennanti Gidley and Gazin p. 347
1936Martes diluviana Hall
1980Martes diluviana Kurten and Anderson p. 147
2013Pekania diluviana Samuels and Cavin
2025Pekania diluviana Eshelman et al. p. 134

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
Pancarnivora
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Mustelida
familyMustelidaeBatsch 1788
genusPekaniaGray 1865
speciesdiluviana(Cope 1889)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Pekania diluviana Cope 1889
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Invalid names: Martes parapennanti Gidley and Gazin 1933 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available