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Tongoenas burleyi
Tongoenas burleyi
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Holotype. UF 159857, tarsometatarsus (Figs. 3, 4; Table 2), Ha`ateiho site, Tongatapu, Tonga. Collected by D. V. Burley, D. W. Steadman, A. Barton, J. I. Mead, and S. Swift on 6 August 1999. Paratypes. All from the Ha`ateiho site, Tongatapu, Tonga: femora UF 159536, 159772; tibiotarsi UF 159853 (Fig. 5, Table 2), UF 159854 – 159856; tarsometatarsus, hallux, and pedal phalanges UF 159858 – 159883, associated with the holotype UF 159857; tarsometatarsi UF 159469 (Figs. 3, 4, Table 2), UF 159648, 159659, 159660 (Figs. 3, 4, Table 2), UF 160604; pedal phalanx UF 159783. Casts of the type series will be made for distribution to other institutions, including the Archaeological Collections of Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B. C., where much of the Tongan zooarchaeological material resides. Referred Material. Faleloa site, Foa: radius UF 156956, 156961; tarsometatarsi UF 156810, 156835 (Figs. 3, 4), UF 156857 (Figs. 3, 4); pedal phalanges UF 156833, 156967. Tongoleleka site, Lifuka: sternum UF 158510; coracoid UF 158509 (Figs. 6, 7); scapulae UF 158681 (Fig. 8), UF 158735 (Fig. 8); humerus UF 158475; radii UF 158738, 158446 / 158488 / 158511 (fit together); carpometacarpi UF 158291, 158301; associated synsacrum and vertebrae UF 158485, 158486, 158488, 158490, 158491, 158495, 158499, 158501, 158502; femur UF 158267; tibiotarsi UF 158265 (Fig. 5), BPBM 165685 (Fig. 5); tarsometatarsi UF 158062, 158199; hallux UF 158427. Vaipuna site,`Uiha: scapula UF 159162; tarsometatarsus UF 159094; pedal phalanges UF 159097, 159128, 159234. Mele Havea site, Ha`afeva: sternum UF 156113; radii UF 156398, 156461.`Anatu,`Eua: coracoid UF 150604 (Figs. 6, 7); ulna UF 152569; radius UF 152969; ulnare UF 151728; manus phalanges UF 152686, 152967; pedal phalanges UF 152203, 152446. Collapse Cave,`Eua: pedal phalanx UF 150709.
- Scientific name
- Tongoenas burleyi
- Family
- Columbidae
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Genus
- Tongoenas
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