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Hemiphaga

Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae

Taxonomy
Hemiphaga was named by Bonaparte (1854). It is extant.

It was assigned to Columbidae by Worthy (1997), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Hemiphaga Bonaparte
1997Hemiphaga Worthy p. 105
2003Hemiphaga Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 451
2017Hemiphaga Clements et al.

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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
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—CoccygesHuxley 1867
superorderPsittacimorphae
orderColumbiformesLatham 1790
familyColumbidae
genusHemiphagaBonaparte 1854

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. Hemiphaga Bonaparte 1854
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Hemiphaga chathamensis Rothschild 1891 [Chatham Island pigeon]
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae Gmelin 1789 [New Zealand pigeon]
†Hemiphaga spadicea Latham 1801 [Norfolk Island pigeon]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: granivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:33:24
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:14:09
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Opoitian to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.0 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Opoitian - Waipipian5.333 - 3.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) H. sp. (100505)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) H. novaeseelandiae (87814)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) H. novaeseelandiae (215385 215392 215395 215403 215415 215416 215418 215421 215580 215612 215617) H. novaseelandiae (215388)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand H. chathamensis (198088 198108 198113 198117 198172 198180 198192 198199 198201 198203 198213 198214 198215 198223 198224 198225) H. novaeseelandiae (100554 181849 194614 194616 194618 194619)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Norfolk Island H. spadicea (194562 194563 194565 194566 194567)