Reptilia - Galliformes - Quercymegapodiidae
Parent taxon: Galliformes according to G. Mayr and I. Weidig 2004
See also Hood et al. 2019, Hope 2002, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2022 and Mayr and Kitchener 2024
Sister taxa: Amitabha, Archaealectrornis, Argillipes, Bumbanipodius, Bumbanortyx, Craci, Cracidae, Galli, Gallinuloididae, Galloidae, Gigantibis, Megapodiidae, Namaortyx, Numididae, Odontiphorinidae, Odontophoridae, Paraortygidae, Paraortyx, Phasanidae, Phasiani, Phasianidae, Procrax, Scopelortyx, Sobniogallus, Sylviornithes, Taoperdix, Waltonortygidae
Subtaxa: Ameripodius Palintropus Quercymegapodius
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mongolia (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence