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Streptopelia

Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae

Taxonomy
Streptopelia was named by Bonaparte (1855). It is extant.

It was assigned to Columbidae by Mlikovsky (2002), Burney et al. (2008), Meijer et al. (2013) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Streptopelia Bonaparte
2002Streptopelia Mlikovsky p. 222
2008Streptopelia Burney et al. p. 18
2013Streptopelia Meijer et al. p. 885
2017Streptopelia 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
genusStreptopeliaBonaparte 1855

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. Streptopelia Bonaparte 1855
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Streptopelia bitorquata Temminck 1809 [island collared-dove]
Streptopelia orientalis Latham 1790 [oriental turtle-dove]
Streptopelia picturata Temminck 1813 [Madagascar turtle-dove]
Streptopelia turtur Linnaeus 1758 [European turtle-dove]
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 Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania S. sp. (21810)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania S. sp. (21804)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) S. turtur (175900)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy S. turtur (197926)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan S. orientalis (193440 193441)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Madagascar S. picturata (195018)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Reunion S. picturata (193995)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) S. turtur (215376)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Nesoenas picturata (236022)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan S. sp. (21903)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation S. orientalis (194810)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) S. picturata (92733)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) S. bitorquata (193393 193394)