Columbidae, Leach, 1820
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https://doi.org/ 10.4202/app.00509.2018 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D7DD10-4163-FF98-0E07-FAEFFB74FE27 |
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Felipe |
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Columbidae |
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Columbidae View in CoL View at ENA gen. et sp. indet.
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Material.—Loc. 3, Shiriya, Aomori Prefecture, Japan; Late Pleistocene (~MIS 5e): NSMT PV 24551, sternal fragment; NSMT PV 24552, left humeral shaft; NSMT PV 24553, right distal humerus.
Measurements.—See Table 2; sternum: no formal measurement possible.
Description.—One moderately worn sternal fragment preserving the rostral area and the dorsal half of the pila carinae was recovered ( Fig. 5C View Fig ). The spina externa rostri is broken away, but at least was originally present, unlike in some genera of Raphinae, including Otidiphaps and Ptiliophaps. The spina interna rostri is moderately developed cranially, and is wider laterally than it is thick dorsoventrally.
One humeral shaft preserving proximally from the distal extents of the crista bicipitalis and tuberculum dorsalis and distally to the tuberculum supracondylare dorsale, and another distal fragment of the humerus preserving the area around the tuberculum supracondylare dorsale and condylus dorsalis were recovered ( Fig. 5A, B View Fig ).
Remarks.—Due to the rather fragmentary nature of the specimens, it was not possible to assign any of them to the subfamilial or generic level. The consistency of size suggests that only one species is represented, which would be similar in size to moderate-sized pigeons and turtle-doves, e.g., modern Streptopelia orientalis .
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