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Nesoenas duboisi

Description

The Réunion pink pigeon (Nesoenas duboisi, but see below) is an extinct species of pigeon that formerly lived on the Mascarene island of Réunion. It is known from the description of a rusty-red pigeon given by Dubois in 1674 and a single subfossil humerus that agrees with that of the pink pigeon of Mauritius in generic characteristics, except being slightly longer. Also, Dubois' reference to the bill being red at the base and the eyes being surrounded by a red ring suggest that this species was closely allied to the Mauritus taxon. Dubois' description was as follows:


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8308389https://www.gbif.org/species/8308389
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)371442https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=371442
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Columbiformes : Columbidae : Nesoenas : Nesoenas duboisi
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Columbiformes : Columbidae : Nesoenas : Nesoenas duboisi
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-Theropoda
-NeotheropodaBakker 1986
-AverostraPaul 2002
-TetanuraeGauthier 1986
orderAvetheropodaPaul 1988
suborderCoelurosauriaHuene 1914
-ManiraptoraGauthier 1986
-ParavesSereno 1997
classAvesLinnaeus 1758
-PygostyliaChiappe 2002
-OrnithothoracesChiappe and Calvo 1994
-OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithuraeHaeckel 1866
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
-Neognathae
-NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
-TerrestrornithesLivezey and Zusi 2007
-Dendrornithes
-AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
-CoccygesHuxley 1867
superorderPsittacimorphae
orderColumbiformesLatham 1790
familyColumbidaeIlliger 1811
genusNesoenasSalvadori 1893
speciesNesoenas duboisiRothschild 1907
Generic NameNesoenas
Common NameRéunion pink pigeon
Scientific NameNesoenas duboisi Rothschild, 1907
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Nesoenas duboisispeciesbelongs to Nesoenasstated with evidenceRothschild, 1907
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Last Recorded Appearance0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Columbidae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietfrugivore, granivore (based on Columbidae)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. Mourer-Chauviré, R. Bour, and S. Ribes, F. Moutou. 1999. The avifauna of Réunion Island (Mascarene Islands) at the time of the arrival of the first Europeans. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 89:1-38
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nesoenas_duboisi

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Columba duboisi (Rothschild, 1907)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Columbiformes : Columbidae : Nesoenas : Columba duboisi

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1907Nesoenas duboisi Rothschild
1999Nesoenas duboisi Mourer-Chauviré et al. p. 27 fig. 13g,h
2011Nesoenas duboisi Hume p. 12

References

Mourer-Chauviré C., Bour R., et al (1999) The avifauna of Réunion Island (Mascarene Islands) at the time of the arrival of the first Europeans, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 89, 1-38
Hume J. P. (2011) Systematics, morphology, and ecology of pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with three new species, Zootaxa 3124, 1-62
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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