Martellictis

Martellictis; Temporal range: Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Mustelidae
Subfamily:	Ictonychinae
Tribe:	† Galictini
Genus:	† Martellictis
Species:	†M. ardea
Binomial name
	†Martellictis ardea; Gervais, 1859

Last updated November 10, 2025

Martellictis is an extinct genus of mustelid that lived during the Pliocene epoch. The type species, Martellictis ardea, was initially classified as a species of Mustela and later as a species of Pannonictis or Enhydrictis before it was given its own genus in 2018.^[1]

References

↑ Bartolini Lucenti, Saverio (October–December 2018). "Revising the species "Mustela" ardea Gervais, 1848–1852 (Mammalia, Mustelidae): Martellictis gen. nov. and the systematics of the fossil "Galictinae" of Eurasia". Comptes Rendus Palevol . 17 (8): 522–535. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2018.02.003. ISSN 1631-0683 . Retrieved 3 November 2025– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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[1] Bartolini Lucenti, Saverio (October–December 2018). "Revising the species "Mustela" ardea Gervais, 1848–1852 (Mammalia, Mustelidae): Martellictis gen. nov. and the systematics of the fossil "Galictinae" of Eurasia". Comptes Rendus Palevol . 17 (8): 522–535. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2018.02.003. ISSN 1631-0683 . Retrieved 3 November 2025– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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