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Pekania

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Pekania was named by Gray (1865). It is extant.

It was assigned to Guloninae by Samuels and Cavin (2013); and to Mustelidae by Eshelman et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Pekania Gray
2013Pekania Samuels and Cavin p. 449
2025Pekania 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

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.

G. Pekania Gray 1865
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†Pekania diluviana Cope 1889
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Invalid names: Martes parapennanti Gidley and Gazin 1933 [synonym]
†Pekania occulta Samuels and Cavin 2013
†Pekania palaeosinensis Zdansky 1924
Pekania pennanti Erxleben 1777 [fisher]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. X. Samuels and J. Cavin 2013A synapomorphy that unites species of Pekania is a P4 with a prominent exposed external median rootlet (Anderson, 1970).
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:38:29
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the late Early Hemphillian to the top of the Holocene or 9.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.7 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
late Early Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Oregon) P. occulta (163572)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Pennsylvania) Martes diluviana (20479)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Colorado) Martes diluviana (20559) Martes sp. (20150)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Martes parapennanti, Martes parapennanti (20302)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Arkansas) Martes diluviana (20290)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Martes pennanti (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Yukon) Mustela sp. (20626)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Martes pennanti (82258)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Martes pennanti (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Martes pennanti (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Martes pennanti (93334)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Martes pennanti (104035 104044 104689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) P. pennanti (221863)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Martes pennanti (224189)