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Columba oenas (stock dove)

Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae

Taxonomy
Columba oenas was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Columba oenas Linnaeus
1927Columba oenas Boule and De Villeneuve p. 85
1988Columba oenas Weesie p. 29 figs. Pl 6, figs 16,17
2002Columba oenas Mlikovsky p. 222
2017Columba oenas 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
genusColumba
speciesoenas

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.

Columba oenas Linnaeus 1758 [stock dove]
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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: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom Columba oenas (124960)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) Columba oenas (183123)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Columba oenas (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Columba oenas (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Columba oenas (92902 192948 192951 192955 192957 192958 192959 192966)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Columba oenas (197938)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Columba oenas (125321)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Columba oenas (195041)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Columba oenas (199942)