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Megapodiidae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	98831	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=98831

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Galliformes : Megapodiidae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
-	Averostra	Paul 2002
-	Tetanurae	Gauthier 1986
order	Avetheropoda	Paul 1988
suborder	Coelurosauria	Huene 1914
-	Maniraptora	Gauthier 1986
-	Paraves	Sereno 1997
class	Aves	Linnaeus 1758
-	Pygostylia	Chiappe 2002
-	Ornithothoraces	Chiappe and Calvo 1994
-	Ornithuromorpha	Chiappe et al. 1999
subclass	Ornithurae	Haeckel 1866
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
-	Neognathae
-	Galloanserae	Sibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorder	Galloanserimorphae
order	Galliformes	Temminck 1820
family	Megapodiidae	(Lesson 1831)

Common Name

megapode

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Megapodiidae	family	belongs to Carinatae	stated without evidence	De Vis, 1892
Megapodiidae	family	belongs to Cracides	stated without evidence	Lambrecht, 1933
Megapodiidae	family	belongs to Galliformes	implied	Carroll, 1988
Megapodiidae	family	belongs to Galliformes	stated with evidence	Mayr and Weidig, 2004
Megapodiidae	family	belongs to Megapodioidea	stated with evidence	Livezey and Zusi, 2007
Megapodiidae	family	belongs to Galliformes	stated without evidence	del Hoyo et al., 2014
Megapodiidae	family	belongs to Galli	stated without evidence	Worthy et al., 2017
Megapodiidae	family	belongs to Galliformes	stated with evidence	Clements et al., 2017
Megapodiidae	family	belongs to Galliformes	stated without evidence	Shute et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

23 (61%)

First Recorded Appearance

5.33 - 0.13 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Theropoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

herbivore (based on Galliformes)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi. 2007. Higher-order phylogeny of modern birds (Theropoda, Aves: Neornithes) based on comparative anatomy. II. Analysis and discussion. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149(1):1-95

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Aepypodius genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Brush-turkeys	1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Alectura genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Brush-turkey			0 Ma Extant
Chosornis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eulipoa genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Moluccan Scrubfowl			0 Ma Extant
Garrdimalga ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Latagallina ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Leipoa genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Malleefowl	4	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Macrocephalon genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Maleo			0 Ma Extant
Megapodius genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Scrubfowl	38	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Mwalau ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Progura ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	5.33 Ma Miocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Talegalla genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Brush-turkeys			0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1831	Megapodidae Lesson
1892	Megapodidae De Vis p. 454
1933	Megapodidae Lambrecht p. 428
1988	Megapodidae Carroll
2004	Megapodiidae Mayr and Weidig p. 216
2007	Megapodiidae Livezey and Zusi p. 89
2014	Megapodiidae del Hoyo et al.
2017	Megapodiidae Clements et al.
2017	Megapodiidae Shute et al.
2017	Megapodiidae Worthy et al.

References

Livezey B. C., Zusi R. L. (2007) Higher-order phylogeny of modern birds (Theropoda, Aves: Neornithes) based on comparative anatomy. II. Analysis and discussion, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149 1, 1-95

De Vis C. W. Residue of the extinct birds of Queensland as yet detected, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6, 437-456

Lambrecht K. (1933) Handbuch der Palaeornithologie, 1-1024

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Mayr G., Weidig I. (2004) The Early Eocene bird Gallinuloides wyomingensis — a stem group representative of Galliformes, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49 2, 211-217

del Hoyo J., Collar N. J., et al (2014) HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines, 1-904

Clements J. F., Schulenberg T. S., et al (2017) , The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017

Shute E., Prideaux G. J., et al (2017) Taxonomic review of the late Cenozoic megapodes (Galliformes: Megapodiidae) of Australia, Royal Society Open Science 4, 170233 doi:10.1098/rsos.170233

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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