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Streptopelia rodericana
(Milne-Edwards) 1873
Recent, Rodrigues, e Mascarene Islands, wc Indian Ocean
Primary materials: Type: Sternum, humerus, femur, tibiotarsus, tarsometatarsus
Kàlmàn Lambrecht,
Handbuch der Palaeornithologie
1024 p. (1933)
Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin
See also:
Pierce Brodkorb,
Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 4 (Columbiformes through
Piciformes)
Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 15 (1971): 163-266
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Macropygia heana
Steadman 1992
Holocene (1000-2000 years old) of Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, sc Pacific Ocean
Primary materials: Holotype: tarsometatarsus
Secondary materials: Paratypes: rostrum, quadratum, mandibula, coracoïdea, , scapulae,
humeri, ulnae, carpometacarpi, phalanx digitalis majoris I, femora, tibiotarsi,
tarsometatarsi
David W. Steadman,
New species of Gallicolumba and Macropygia (Aves:
Columbidae) from archeological sites in Polynesia
in Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, ed Jonathan J. Becker Science
series Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 36 (1992): 329-348
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Macropygia arevarevauupa
Steadman 1992
Holocene (750-1250 years old) of Huahine, nw Society Islands, sc Pacific Ocean
Primary materials: Holotype: tibiotarsus
David W. Steadman,
New species of Gallicolumba and Macropygia (Aves:
Columbidae) from archeological sites in Polynesia
in Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, ed Jonathan J. Becker Science
series Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 36 (1992): 329-348
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Caloenas canacorum
Balouet & Olson 1989
Holocene of New Caledonia
Primary materials: Holotype: right coracoïd
Secondary materials: Paratypes: sternum fragment, left coracoïd, proximal part left
scapula, distal part right humerus. Right coracoïdea, sternum fragment, scapulae, humerus
Jean Christophe Balouet & Storrs L. Olson,
Fossil birds from late Quaternary deposits in New Caledonia
Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 469 (1989): 1-38
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
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Gallicolumba nui
Steadman 1992
Holocene (1000-2000 years old) of Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, sc Pacific Ocean
Primary materials: Holotype: tarsometatarsus
Secondary materials: Paratypes: tarsometatarsi, Other: mandibula, sterna, coracoïdea,
scapulae, humeri, ulnae, ulnare, carpometacarpi, phalanx digitalis majoris I, tibiotarsi
David W. Steadman,
New species of Gallicolumba and Macropygia (Aves:
Columbidae) from archeological sites in Polynesia
in Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, ed Jonathan J. Becker Science
series Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 36 (1992): 329-348
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Gallicolumba longitarsus
Balouet & Olson 1989
Holocene of New Caledonia
Primary materials: Holotype: complete left tarsometatarsus
Secondary materials: Paratypes: complete left femur, distal helft right tarsometatarsus,
proximal fragment left tarsometatarsus; partial left coracoïd, tarsometatarsi, femur,
coracoïdeum
Jean Christophe Balouet & Storrs L. Olson,
Fossil birds from late Quaternary deposits in New Caledonia
Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 469 (1989): 1-38
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
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Ducula david
Balouet & Olson 1987
Holocene of 'Eua, Tonga, sc Pacific Ocean
Primary materials: Holotype: right tarsometatarsus
Secondary materials: Paratypes: fragment left coracoïd, anterior part left scapula
Jean Christophe Balouet & Storrs L. Olson,
A new extinct species of giant pigeon (Columbidae: Ducula)
from archaeological deposits on Wallis (Uvea) Island, South Pacific
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100 (1987): 769-775
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