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Geotrygon chrysia (Key West quail-dove)

Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae

Taxonomy
Geotrygon chrysia was named by Bonaparte (1855). It is extant.

It was recombined as Oreopeleia chrysia by Wetmore (1937).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Geotrygon chrysia Bonaparte
1937Oreopeleia chrysia Wetmore p. 436
1982Geotrygon chrysia Olson and Hilgartner p. 35
1994Geotrygon chrysia Morgan p. 482
2017Geotrygon chrysia Clements et al.
2018Geotrygon chrysia Oswald and Steadman p. 366

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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
genusGeotrygonGosse 1847
specieschrysiaBonaparte 1855

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.

Geotrygon chrysia Bonaparte 1855 [Key West quail-dove]
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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: 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 (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Geotrygon chrysia (209851)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Oreopeleia chrysia (194589)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Geotrygon chrysia (144649 194588 194590)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Geotrygon chrysia (144662)