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Hemiphaga chathamensis (Chatham Island pigeon)

Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae

Taxonomy

Carpophaga chathamensis was named by Rothschild (1891). It is extant.

It was recombined as Hemiphaga chathamensis by Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1891	Carpophaga chathamensis Rothschild
2017	Hemiphaga chathamensis Clements et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Neognathae	(Pycraft 1900)
—	Neoaves	Sibley et al. 1988
—	Terrestrornithes
—	Dendrornithes
—	Anomalogonates	Garrod 1874
—	Coccyges	Huxley 1867
superorder	Psittacimorphae
order	Columbiformes	Latham 1790
family	Columbidae
genus	Hemiphaga	Bonaparte 1854
species	chathamensis	(Rothschild 1891)

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.

Hemiphaga chathamensis Rothschild 1891 [Chatham Island 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: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	New Zealand	Hemiphaga chathamensis (198088 198108 198113 198117 198172 198180 198192 198199 198201 198203 198213 198214 198215 198223 198224 198225)