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Didunculus

Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae

Taxonomy
Didunculus was named by Peale (1848). It is extant.

It was assigned to Didunculinae by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Raphinae by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Columbidae by Worthy and Burley (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Didunculus Peale
2007Didunculus Livezey and Zusi p. 36
2014Didunculus del Hoyo et al.
2019Didunculus Worthy and Burley

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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
subfamilyDidunculinaeGray 1848
genusDidunculusPeale 1848

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. Didunculus Peale 1848
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†Didunculus placopedetes Steadman 2006 [Tongan tooth-billed pigeon]
Didunculus strigirostris Jardine 1845 [Tooth-billed pigeon]
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

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 (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga D. n. sp. (194699)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Tonga D. n. sp. (194698 194717)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga (Vava'u) D. placopedetes (208862 208863 208867)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu (Efate) D. placopedetes (185434)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga D. n. sp. (194700) D. placopedetes (194701 194702 194713 194714 194715 194716)