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Natunaornis gigoura (Viti Levu giant pigeon)
Taxonomy
Natunaornis gigoura was named by Worthy (2001). Its type specimen is MNZ S37484, a set of limb elements (left tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Udit Tomo cave, Wainibuku, Viti Levu, which is in a Holocene cave horizon in Fiji. It is the type species of Natunaornis.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Natunaornis gigoura Worthy p. 767 figs. 1-4 |
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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.
†Natunaornis gigoura Worthy 2001 [Viti Levu giant pigeon]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order | |||||
| References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Fiji | Natunaornis gigoura (26129 194724) | |
| Holocene | Fiji | Natunaornis gigoura (27077 type locality: 194723) |