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Ectopistes migratorius (passenger pigeon)

Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Columba migratorius Linnaeus
1942Ectopistes migratorius Miller and DeMay p. 116
1943Ectopistes migratorius Wetmore p. 55
1956Ectopistes migratorius Wetmore p. 81
1958Ectopistes migratorius Parmalee p. 173
1992Columba migratorius Parmalee p. 314
2001Ectopistes migratorius Olson and Rasmussen p. 299
2017Ectopistes migratorius 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
genusEctopistesSwainson 1827
speciesmigratorius()

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.

†Ectopistes migratorius Linnaeus 1758 [passenger pigeon]
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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: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Ectopistes migratorius (52582)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Ectopistes migratorius (124319)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Ectopistes migratorius (20302)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Ectopistes migratorius (20491)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Ectopistes migratorius (152008 192632)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Ectopistes migratorius (106400 190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ectopistes migratorius (20571 20595 20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Ectopistes migratorius (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Ectopistes migratorius (13066 84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Ectopistes migratorius (82258 103991 104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Ectopistes migratorius (82890)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ectopistes migratorius (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Ectopistes migratorius (71670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Ectopistes migratorius (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Ectopistes migratorius (104034 104035)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Illinois) Ectopistes migratorius (195052 195053 195054 195056 195058 195059 195060 195061)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Ectopistes migratorius (195062 195063 195065 195066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Ectopistes migratorius (224189)