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Ptilinopus (fruit dove)

Osteichthyes - Columbiformes - Columbidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Ptilinopus Swainson
2013Ptilinopus Meijer et al. p. 886
2017Ptilinopus Clements et al.
2019Ptilinopus Worthy and Burley

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
Saurischia()
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
genusPtilinopusSwainson 1825

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. Ptilinopus Swainson 1825 [fruit dove]
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Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii Neboux 1840 [white-capped fruit-dove]
Ptilinopus greyi Bonaparte 1857 [red-bellied fruit-dove]
Ptilinopus huttoni Finsch 1874 [Rapa fruit-dove]
Ptilinopus insularis North 1908 [Henderson Island fruit-dove]
Ptilinopus perousii Peale 1848 [many-colored fruit-dove]
Ptilinopus porphyraceus Temminck 1821 [crimson-crowned fruit-dove]
Ptilinopus purpuratus Gmelin 1789 [gray-green fruit-dove]
Ptilinopus rarotongensis Hartlaub and Finsch 1871 [Cook Islands fruit-dove]
Ptilinopus rivoli Prévost 1843 [white-breasted fruit-dove]
Ptilinopus roseicapilla Lesson 1831 [Mariana fruit-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 Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) Ptilinopus sp. (193386)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Ptilinopus sp., Ptilinopus rivoli (194696)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Timor-Leste Ptilinopus sp. (204406)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga Ptilinopus porphyraceus (194699)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Tonga Ptilinopus porphyraceus, Ptilinopus perousii (194698)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Papua New Guinea Ptilinopus sp. (194694) Ptilinopus sp., Ptilinopus rivoli (194693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii (177149 193473) Ptilinopus huttoni (231176) Ptilinopus mercierii, Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii (194746) Ptilinopus purpuratus (194675) Ptilinopus sp. (198009 198010)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Pitcairn Ptilinopus insularis (193762 193763 193764 193786 193787 193788 193789 193790 193791 193792)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Ptilinopus greyii (193986)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Northern Mariana Islands Ptilinopus roseicapilla (194622 194623 194624 194625 194626 194627 194628 194629 194643 194644 194649)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia (Society Islands) Ptilinopus sp., Ptilinopus purpuratus (215325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam Ptilinopus roseicapilla (208640 208641)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu (Efate) Ptilinopus greyi (185434)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands Ptilinopus rarotongensis (97455 194757 194764 194765)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga Ptilinopus perousii (194700) Ptilinopus sp., Ptilinopus porphyraceus, Ptilinopus perousii (194751)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga (Vava'u) Ptilinopus perousii (208867)