Osteological characters for the identification of Caribbean columbids
Columbid remains are commonly recovered from Caribbean archaeological and paleontological sites. Identifying specimens to species level is therefore likely to yield a wealth of information concerning species diversity and changes in their distribution over time. Here we examine the metrical data and...
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| author | Monica Gala Véronique Laroulandie Arnaud Lenoble |
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| description | Columbid remains are commonly recovered from Caribbean archaeological and paleontological sites. Identifying specimens to species level is therefore likely to yield a wealth of information concerning species diversity and changes in their distribution over time. Here we examine the metrical data and 42 osteological characters of eight skeletal elements of 80 specimens belonging to 12 species from five genera that represent most of the indigenous taxa of the West Indies. Our new data provide a reliable means for identifying these birds in the Caribbean fossil and subfossil record. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2546b1363d6140ebbd38a725b4bf606d2022-12-21T20:12:58ZengMuseo Nacional de Historia Natural "Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano"Novitates Caribaea2071-98412079-01392021-07-011811419210.33800/nc.vi18.269250Osteological characters for the identification of Caribbean columbidsMonica Gala0Véronique Laroulandie1Arnaud Lenoble2Université de Bordeaux, FranceUniversité de Bordeaux, FranceUniversité de Bordeaux, FranceColumbid remains are commonly recovered from Caribbean archaeological and paleontological sites. Identifying specimens to species level is therefore likely to yield a wealth of information concerning species diversity and changes in their distribution over time. Here we examine the metrical data and 42 osteological characters of eight skeletal elements of 80 specimens belonging to 12 species from five genera that represent most of the indigenous taxa of the West Indies. Our new data provide a reliable means for identifying these birds in the Caribbean fossil and subfossil record.https://novitatescaribaea.do/index.php/novitates/article/view/269columbidaepigeonsdovesosteologyantilles |
| spellingShingle | Monica Gala Véronique Laroulandie Arnaud Lenoble Osteological characters for the identification of Caribbean columbids Novitates Caribaea columbidae pigeons doves osteology antilles |
| title | Osteological characters for the identification of Caribbean columbids |
| title_full | Osteological characters for the identification of Caribbean columbids |
| title_fullStr | Osteological characters for the identification of Caribbean columbids |
| title_full_unstemmed | Osteological characters for the identification of Caribbean columbids |
| title_short | Osteological characters for the identification of Caribbean columbids |
| title_sort | osteological characters for the identification of caribbean columbids |
| topic | columbidae pigeons doves osteology antilles |
| url | https://novitatescaribaea.do/index.php/novitates/article/view/269 |
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