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Columba

Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Columba Linnaeus
1854Trocaza Bonaparte
1930Columba Hay p. 345
1933Columba Lambrecht p. 603
1956Columba Wetmore p. 81
1985Columba Olson p. 120
1988Columba Carroll
1989Columba Alcover p. 98
1994Columba Morgan p. 468
1997Columba Worthy p. 106
2002Columba Mlikovsky p. 221
2011Columba Hume p. 20
2017Columba Clements et al.

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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
genusColumba

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. Columba Linnaeus 1758
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Columba janthina Temminck 1830 [Japanese wood-pigeon]
Columba junoniae Hartert 1916 [laurel pigeon]
Columba livia Gmelin 1789 [rock pigeon]
†Columba melitensis Lydekker 1891
†Columba micula Wemore 1924
Columba oenas Linnaeus 1758 [stock dove]
†Columba omnisanctorum Ballman 1976
Columba palumbus Linnaeus 1758 [common wood-pigeon]
†Columba pisana Portis 1887
†Columba thiriouxi Hume 2011 [Mauritian wood pigeon]
Columba vitiensis Quoy and Gaimard 1830 [metallic pigeon]
Invalid names: Trocaza Bonaparte 1854 [synonym]
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 Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (79 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain C. livia (125326)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy Falco pisanus (47428)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa C. sp. (22334)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) C. sp. (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Mallorca) C. palumbus (214536)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Croatia (Istria) C. sp. (40500)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy C. livia (194929)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) C. sp. (204189)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) C. palumbus (125447)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom C. oenas (124960)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) C. livia, C. palumbus, C. oenas (183123)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa C. sp. (22074)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) C. livia (34870)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Palencia) C. livia/oenas (221567 221570) C. livia/oenas, C. livia (205228 205229 221565) C. sp., C. livia (213667)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) C. livia (34128)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy C. livia (197789 197790)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) C. sp. (20385)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) C. livia (69062)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy C. livia (197928) C. palumbus (197786 197926)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) C. livia, C. palumbus (175900)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco C. livia, C. palumbus, C. oenas (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Valencia) C. sp. (221415)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy C. livia (194932 194933)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117East Timor C. vitiensis (204406 204407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) C. livia (51552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) C. sp. (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain C. sp. (194941) C. sp., C. livia, C. oenas (197938)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal C. livia (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan C. janthina (193440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) C. palumbus, C. oenas (125321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) C. oenas (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) C. palumbus (192950) C. sp. (192954 192956 192960) C. sp., C. livia, C. oenas (192959) C. sp., C. livia, C. palumbus (192949 192965) C. sp., C. livia, C. palumbus, C. oenas (192957) C. sp., C. oenas (192958 192966) C. sp., C. palumbus, C. oenas (92902 192948 192951 192955)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom C. livia (124956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) C. livia (215363) C. palumbus (215362)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Spain C. sp. (194298)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Greece (Argolida) C. livia (182709)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Papua New Guinea C. sp. (194694)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France C. oenas (195041)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Wales) C. palumbus (125439)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) C. livia (215376)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain C. junoniae (194379) C. sp., C. palumbus, C. oenas (199942)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (England) C. palumbus (125446)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia C. vitiensis (13221 193985 193986 193987)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greece (Crete) C. sp. (192961)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu (Efate) C. vitiensis (185434)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius C. thiriouxi (194027 194028)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) C. livia (215388 215403 215415)