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Martes foina

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Mustela foina was named by Erxleben (1777).

It was recombined as Martes foina by Kurten (1968), Marmi et al. (2004) and Baryshnikov (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. cadeoti, M. filholi, M. lefkonensis, M. paleosinensis, M. pusilla, M. species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Mustela foina Erxleben
1968Martes foina Kurten p. 95
2004Martes foina Marmi et al. p. 489 figs. Fig. 2
2009Martes foina Baryshnikov p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyGuloninae()
genusMartesFrisch 1775
speciesfoina(Erxleben 1777)

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.

†Martes foina Erxleben 1777
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialg
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 12:04:51
Modified: 2011-04-24 21:04:51
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Gebo and Rose 1993, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Israel Martes foina (225664)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Haute-Pyrenees) Martes foina (49094)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czech Republic Martes foina (36219)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Greece (Lakonia) Martes foina (32082)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Israel Martes foina (225667)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Georgia Martes foina (56735)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Dodecanese) Martes foina (182809)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Martes foina (183124)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Greece (Peloponnesus) Martes foina (184243)