| Arenicolumba prattae | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | †Arenicolumba Steadman, 2008 |
| Species: | †A. prattae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Arenicolumba prattae (Becker & Brodkorb, 1992) | |
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Arenicolumba prattae is anextinctspecies of smallpigeon from the Miocene of Florida. It wasdescribed fromfossil material ( a leftcoracoid) collected at theThomas Farm Site inGilchrist County, northernFlorida, south-eastern United States. The genus nameArenicolumba comes from theLatinarena ("sandy place") with reference to the sandy, fossiliferous sediments of the collection site, andcolumba ("pigeon"). Originally described in 1992 asColumbina prattae, it was moved to the new genus in 2008.[1]
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