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Alopecoenas

Osteichthyes - Columbiformes - Columbidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Alopecoenas Sharpe
2017Alopecoenas Clements et al.
2019Alopecoenas 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
genusAlopecoenasSharpe 1899

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. Alopecoenas Sharpe 1899
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Alopecoenas beccarii Salvadori 1876 [bronze ground-dove]
Alopecoenas canifrons Hartlaub and Finsch 1872 [Palau ground-dove]
Alopecoenas erythropterus Gmelin 1789 [Polynesian ground-dove]
Alopecoenas jobiensis Meyer 1875 [white-bibbed ground-dove]
†Alopecoenas norfolkensis Forshaw 2015 [Norfolk ground-dove]
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Invalid names: Columba norfolciensis Latham 1801 [replaced]
Alopecoenas rubescens Vieillot 1818 [Marquesas ground-dove]
Alopecoenas stairi Gray 1856 [shy ground-dove]
Alopecoenas xanthonurus Temminck 1823 [white-throated ground-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 (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga Gallicolumba stairi (194699)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Tonga Gallicolumba stairi (194698 194717)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Papua New Guinea Gallicolumba beccarii (194694) Gallicolumba jobiensis (194693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Gallicolumba erythroptera (194675) Gallicolumba rubescens (177149 193471 194746)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Gallicolumba stairii (193986 193987)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia (Society Islands) Gallicolumba erythroptera (215325)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Northern Mariana Islands Gallicolumba xanthonura (194622 194623 194624 194625 194626 194627 194628 194630 194634 194640 194642 194643 194644 194645 194647 194649)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Palau Gallicolumba canifrons (209745)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga (Vava'u) A. stairi (208862 208863 208867)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Micronesia, Federated States of Gallicolumba xanthonura (194650 194651)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Norfolk Island Gallicolumba norfolciensis (194566)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu (Efate) A. sp. (185434)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands Gallicolumba erythroptera (97455 193454 193456 194764 194765)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam Gallicolumba xanthonura (208641 208644)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0American Samoa Gallicolumba stairii (193800)