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Gulo (wolverine)
Taxonomy
Gulo was named by Storr (1780). It is extant.
It was assigned to Gulonina by Gray (1825); to Mustelidae by Storr (1780), Kurten (1968) and Carroll (1988); to Mustelinae by Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Marmi et al. (2004); and to Gulonini by Valenciano et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Gulonina by Gray (1825); to Mustelidae by Storr (1780), Kurten (1968) and Carroll (1988); to Mustelinae by Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Marmi et al. (2004); and to Gulonini by Valenciano et al. (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1780 | Gulo Storr |
| 1825 | Gulo Gray p. 339 |
| 1902 | Gulo Hay p. 768 |
| 1968 | Gulo Kurten p. 90 |
| 1980 | Gulo Kurten and Anderson p. 153 |
| 1988 | Gulo Carroll |
| 2004 | Gulo Marmi et al. p. 492 |
| 2018 | Gulo Valenciano et al. |
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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. Gulo Storr 1780 [wolverine]
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†Gulo diaphorus Kaup 1833
Gulo gulo Linnaeus 1758 [wolverine]
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Invalid names: Gulo gidleyi Hall 1936 [synonym], Gulo schlosseri Kormos 1914 [synonym], Ursus luscus Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
†Gulo primigenius Roth and Wagner 1854
†Gulo sudorus Samuels et al. 2018
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Van Valkenburgh 1988, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Hemphillian to the top of the Holocene or 10.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Collections (29 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Attica) | Gulo primigenius (182754) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan | USA (Tennessee) | Gulo sudorus (26574) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Romania | Gulo schlosseri (32198 33973 33974 34008) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Western Transbaikalia) | Gulo sp. (40266) | |
| Pleistocene | Germany (Weisbaden) | Gulo gulo (34400) | |
| Pleistocene | Italy (Verona) | Gulo gulo (43656) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Gulo gidleyi (20479) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Maryland) | Gulo gidleyi, Gulo luscus (20302) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Gulo schlosseri (50196) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Romania | Gulo schlosseri (34010) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Gulo luscus (77754) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | France (Provence) | Gulo gulo (48889) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Gulo sp. (43618) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | Gulo gulo (93277) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Canada (Yukon) | Gulo gulo (20626) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) | Gulo gulo (48587) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Gulo gulo (93837) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Wyoming) | Gulo gulo (20621) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Wyoming) | Gulo gulo (93181) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial) | USA (Nevada) | Gulo gulo (93291) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Gulo gulo (228492 228921) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Ontario) | Gulo gulo (221863) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Yukon) | Gulo gulo (228443) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Nunavut) | Gulo gulo (228757 228927) |