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Martes americana (American marten)
Taxonomy
Mustela zibellina americana was named by Kerr (1792). It is extant.
It was recombined as Mustela americana by Turton (1806), Allen (1895), Hay (1902) and Wilson (1967); it was recombined as Martes americana by Hay (1930), Hall (1936), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Mead and Mead (1989) and Marmi et al. (2004).
It was recombined as Mustela americana by Turton (1806), Allen (1895), Hay (1902) and Wilson (1967); it was recombined as Martes americana by Hay (1930), Hall (1936), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Mead and Mead (1989) and Marmi et al. (2004).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1792 | Mustela zibellina americana Kerr |
1806 | Mustela americana Turton |
1895 | Mustela americana Allen p. 188 |
1902 | Mustela americana Hay p. 767 |
1926 | Martes caurina nobilis Hall p. 127 |
1930 | Martes americana Hay |
1936 | Martes americana Hall |
1967 | Mustela americana Wilson p. 211 |
1980 | Martes nobilis Kurten and Anderson p. 148 |
1980 | Martes americana Kurten and Anderson p. 149 |
1989 | Martes americana Mead and Mead p. 145 |
1989 | Martes nobilis Mead and Mead p. 146 |
2004 | Martes americana Marmi et al. p. 489 figs. Fig. 2 |
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Martes americana Kerr 1792 [American marten]
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Invalid names: Martes nobilis Hall 1926 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Gebo and Rose 1993, Nowak 1991 |
Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (21 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Martes americana (125941) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Nevada) | Martes americana (20280) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Martes americana (82258 103991 104679) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Canada (Alberta) | Martes americana (93528) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (California) | Martes americana (155393) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Ohio) | Martes americana (93334) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | Martes americana, Martes nobilis (93277) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Michigan) | Martes americana (200485) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Martes americana (93332 123868) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Wyoming) | Martes nobilis (93181) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Martes americana (225801) Martes nobilis (74235) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial) | USA (Nevada) | Martes americana, Martes nobilis (93291) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Martes americana (104044) | |
Holocene | USA (Maine) | Mustela americana (176524) | |
Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Martes americana (221970 224189) | |
Holocene | Canada (Ontario) | Martes americana (221863) |