Columba sp.

Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile & Geraads, Denis, 2010, The Upper Pliocene Avifauna of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco. Systematics and Biogeography, Records of the Australian Museum 62 (1), pp. 157-184 : 175

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1538

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4C1D87C7-962D-DA59-FC82-FCFDFAD0FBEF

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scientific name

Columba sp.
status

 

Columba sp. size C. palumbus Linnaeus, 1758

Material. Left carpometacarpus, proximal part, AaO-782.

Measurements (in mm): proximal width, 5.8; proximal depth, 11.2.

The dimensions of this carpometacarpus are larger than those of the Recent C. livia and C. oenas , and they fall within the range of variation of the Recent C. palumbus (see measurements in Fick, 1974).

Order Psittaciformes

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Columbiformes

Family

Columbidae

Genus

Columba

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