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Megapodius alimentum

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)371308https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=371308
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Galliformes : Megapodiidae : Megapodius : Megapodius alimentum
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
-GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorderGalloanserimorphae
orderGalliformesTemminck 1820
familyMegapodiidae
genusMegapodiusGaimard 1823
speciesMegapodius alimentumSteadman 1989
Common Nameconsumed scrubfowl
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Megapodius alimentumspeciesbelongs to Megapodiusstated with evidenceSteadman, 1989
Megapodius alimentumspeciesbelongs to Megapodiusstated without evidenceSteadman, 1993
Megapodius alimentumspeciesbelongs to Megapodiusstated with evidenceWorthy, 2000
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Last Recorded Appearance0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Theropoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietherbivore (based on Galliformes)
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)D. W. Steadman. 1989. New species and records of birds (Aves: Megapodiidae, Columbidae) from an archeological site on Lifuka, Tonga. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102:537-552

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1989Megapodius alimentum Steadman p. 538 figs. 1A,D,G, 2A,B,E,F, 3A,D,G
1993Megapodius alimentum Steadman
2000Megapodius alimentum Worthy p. 341 fig. 2D,E
2019Megapodius alimentum Worthy and Burley

References

Steadman D. W. (1989) New species and records of birds (Aves: Megapodiidae, Columbidae) from an archeological site on Lifuka, Tonga, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102, 537-552
Steadman D. W. (1993) Biogeography of Tongan birds before and after human impact, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 90, 818-822
Worthy T. H. (2000) The fossil megapodes (Aves: Megapodiidae) of Fiji with descriptions of a new genus and two new species, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 30, 337-364
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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