Martellictis
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| Martellictis Temporal range: | |
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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 | |
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]