Podilymbus Lesson, 1831

Nascimento, Rafael S. & Silveira, Luís Fábio, 2024, Fossil and subfossil birds of Brazil, Zoologia (e 23079) 41, pp. 1-234 : 110-112

Podilymbus Lesson

304. Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus)

Quaternary – MG, RJ, RS

Podilymbus ( antarcticus vel podiceps , si sp. dist.) – Winge 1887: 25.

Podilymbus antarcticus – Goeldi 1894: 603.

Podilymbus antarcticus oder podiceps – Lambrecht 1933: 732. Podilymbus podiceps – Brodkorb 1963: 230.

Podilymbus podicipes – Mones 1986: 76.

Podilymbus podiceps – Cuello 1988: 28.

Podilymbus podiceps – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 490.

Winge (1887) reported the remains of at least three individuals from Lapa da Escrivânia V, represented by the posterior part of a mandibular branch, scapula, coracoid, humerus, synsacrum, femur, and tarsometatarsus. He associated them with Podilymbus antarcticus (= Podilymbus podiceps antarcticus ) or P. podiceps if they were de facto different taxa (treated as different subspecies by Pacheco et al. 2021). Only the tarsometatarsus was determined by comparison, with only bones from the skin of a male available from P. antarcticus . The tarsometatarsus is very similar to P. antarcticus , only slightly smaller, and differs from that of a P. podiceps in being slightly larger and narrower in the proximal end. The other bones match the tarsometatarsus when compared with the equivalents in Podiceps and Tachybaptus .

Podicidiformes [sic] – Kneip et al. 1989a: 126.

Podilymbus podiceps antarcticus – Kneip et al. 1989b: 662. Podilymbus podiceps antarcticus [in part] – Kneip et al. 1994: 48. Podicipedidae (“mergulhão”) [in part] – Kneip et al. 1995: 7. Podicipedidae (“mergulhão”) [in part] – Kneip et al. 1997: 19, 37. Podicipedidae (“mergulhão”) [in part] – Magalhães et al. 2001: 59.

Kneip et al. (1989b, 1994) reported three bones of at least one individual from layer I (3,800±190 years BP) and four bones of at least one individual from layer II (4,160±180 years BP) of Sambaqui da Beirada in Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro.

Podilymbus podiceps antarcticus [in part] – Kneip et al. 1994: 48. Podicipedidae (“mergulhão”) [in part] – Kneip et al. 1995: 7. Podicipedidae (“mergulhão”) [in part] – Kneip et al. 1997: 19, 37. Podicipedidae (“mergulhão”) [in part] – Magalhães et al. 2001: 59.

Kneip et al. (1994) reported six bones of at least two individuals from layer III (1,810±40 years BP) of Sambaqui da Pontinha in Saquarema , Rio de Janeiro .

Podylimbus podiceps [sic] – Oliveira 2006: 318.

Oliveira (2006) reported three bones belonging to at least two individuals from the RS-RG-48 site in Rio Grande , Rio Grande do Sul. The material is deposited in the IAP/ Unisinos collection .

Columbiformes Latham

Columbidae Leach

305. cf. Columbidae

Early Holocene – GO

cf. Columbidae – Rosa 2004: 237.

Columbidae indet [?] – Paulo 2009: 142.

Rosa (2004) reported a bone from the ParanaÍba phase square 16H of the GO-JA-01 rock shelter in Serranópolis, Goiás. The material is deposited in the IAP/Unisinos collection.

306. Columbidae indet. 1

Quaternary – MG

“en mindre Due (muligvis en af de ellers opfØrte Arter)” – Winge 1887: 11.

“d’un petit pigeon (peut-être une des espèces déjà citées)” – Winge 1887: 3 [French abstract].

Columbidae indet. 1 – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 492.

Winge (1887) mentioned a small-sized columbid from Lapa do Capão Seco, among many fragile, hard-to-determine bones. He did not specify the skeletal elements found and thought it could represent some of the species already mentioned in his study.

307. Columbidae indet. 2

Quaternary – MG

Chamaepelia (et g. aff.) sp. 3 (fere certe): ut videtur: Ch. griseola vel Ch. (Columbula) campestris ; Ch. talpacoti ; Ch. (Scardafella) squamosa [in part] – Winge 1887: 39.

Chamaepelia campestris – Goeldi 1894: 386.

Chamoepelia sp. (“cfr. griseola , campestris , talpacoti und Scardafella squamosa ”) [in part] – Lambrecht 1933: 769. Uropelia campestris (?) – Brodkorb 1971: 198.

Columbigallina passerina (?) – Brodkorb 1971: 198.

Uropelia campestris (?) – Brodkorb 1971: 198.

Columbigallina passerina [ Chamaepelia sp. [in part]] – Mones 1986: 93.

Uropelia campestris [ Chamaepelia sp. [in part]] – Mones 1986: 93–94.

Columbina passerina – Cuello 1988: 51.

Uropelia campestris – Cuello 1988: 52.

Columbidae indet. 2 – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 492.

Winge (1887) reported remains representing at least two species, probably three or even four, from Lapa da Escrivânia V except for a tibiotarsus from Lapa da Escrivânia XI associated with Columbina talpacoti . He divided them into four sets and noted that two Columbina talpacoti and two Columbina squammata skeletons were available for comparison. The first set comprises two small humeri, shorter and thinner than the other sets, which may represent Columbina passerina griseola or Uropelia campestris .

308. Columbidae indet. 3

Quaternary – MG

Chamaepelia (et g. aff.) sp. 3 (fere certe): ut videtur: Ch. griseola vel Ch. (Columbula) campestris ; Ch. talpacoti ; Ch. (Scardafella) squamosa [in part] – Winge 1887: 39.

Chamoepelia sp. (“cfr. griseola , campestris , talpacoti und Scardafella squamosa ”) [in part] – Lambrecht 1933: 769. Chamaepelia sp. [in part] – Mones 1986: 93.

Columbidae indet. 3 – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 492.

The second set of small columbid bones from Lapa da Escrivânia V defined by Winge (1887) is composed of elements larger than the first set, but still smaller than in Columbina talpacoti . It is represented by the humerus, ulna, radius, and tarsometatarsus (of which some may belong to the first set).

309. Columbidae indet. 4

Late Holocene – RJ

Columbidae – Carvalho 1984: 57.

Columbidae [in part?] – Gaspar 2003: 58.

Carvalho (1984) reported columbid remains among the material discovered in 1978 at the Corondó site (RJ-JC-64) in São Pedro da Aldeia , Rio de Janeiro .

310. Columbidae indet. 5 (spp.?)

Holocene – PE

Columbidae – Carvalho et al. 1989: 232.

Columbidae – Lima 1992: 154–158.

Columbidae – Lima 2012: 31.

Carvalho et al. (1989) reported columbid remains from Furna do Estrago in Brejo da Madre de Deus, Pernambuco, collected by the staff of UNICAP. Lima (1992) reported the columbid remains from the site to consist of 469 bones.

311. Columbidae indet. 6

Late Holocene – SC

“pomba” – Schmitz and Verardi 1996: 143.

Schmitz and Verardi (1996) reported columbid remains from the Cabeçudas site in ItajaÍ, Santa Catarina.

312. Columbidae indet. 7

Early Holocene – GO

Columbidae indet. – Rosa 2004: 247.

Columbidae indet [?] – Paulo 2009: 142.

Rosa (2004) reported a bone from the ParanaÍba phase square 18I of the GO-JA-01 rock shelter in Serranópolis, Goiás. The material is deposited in the IAP/Unisinos collection.

313. Columbidae indet. 8

Holocene – RS

Columbidae – Dias and Jacobus 2003: 51.

Columbidae – Jacobus and Rosa 2013: 244.

Jacobus and Rosa (2013) reported columbid remains from the Sangão (RS-S-327) rock shelter in Santo Antônio da Patrulha, Rio Grande do Sul. Previously, this record was briefly mentioned by Dias and Jacobus (2003).

314. Columbidae indet. 9

Holocene – RS

Columbidae – Jacobus 2004: 99.

Columbidae – Jacobus and Rosa 2013: 246.

Jacobus (2004) reported columbid remains from the Dalpiaz (RS-LN-1) rock shelter in Maquiné, Rio Grande do Sul. The material is deposited in the MARSUL collection.

315. Columbidae indet. 10

Holocene – RS

Columbidae – Jacobus and Rosa 2013: 245.

Jacobus and Rosa (2013) reported columbid remains from the Deobaldino (RS-S-395) rock shelter in Santo Antônio da Patrulha , Rio Grande do Sul .

316. Columbidae indet. 11

Holocene – RS

Columbidae – Jacobus and Rosa 2013: 247.

Jacobus and Rosa (2013) reported columbid remains from the Schneider (RS-C-14) rock shelter in São Sebastião do CaÍ, Rio Grande do Sul.

317. Columbidae indet. 12

Holocene – RS

Columbidae – Jacobus and Rosa 2013: 249.

Jacobus and Rosa (2013) reported columbid remains from the Pilger (RS-C-61) rock shelter in Harmonia, Rio Grande do Sul.

318. Columbidae indet. 13

Early Holocene – RS

Columbidae – Jacobus and Rosa 2013: 250.

Jacobus and Rosa (2013) reported columbid remains from the Garivaldino (RS-TQ-58) rock shelter in Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul. The material is deposited in the CEPA collection.

Columbinae Leach