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Ducula david (Steadman's imperial-pigeon)
Taxonomy
Ducula david was named by Balouet and Olson (1987). Its type specimen is MU 021 A/83 3335, a set of limb elements (tarsometarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Site WF-U-MU 21A, bed VIa, Utuleve, Uvea, which is in a Holocene terrestrial horizon in Wallis and Futuna.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1987 | Ducula david Balouet and Olson p. 769 fig. 1 |
| 1989 | Ducula david Steadman p. 544 fig. 6A,E |
| 1993 | Ducula david Steadman |
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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.
†Ducula david Balouet and Olson 1987 [Steadman's imperial-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: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Tonga | Ducula david (194699) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Tonga | Ducula david (194698 194717) | |
| Holocene | Wallis and Futuna | Ducula david (type locality: 193795 193796 193797) | |
| Holocene | Tonga | Ducula david (193980 194751) |