Aves - Apterygiformes - Apterygidae

Full reference: C. W. De Vis. 1892. Residue of the extinct birds of Queensland as yet detected. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6:437-456

Parent taxon: Apterygidae according to K. Lambrecht 1933

See also De Vis 1892

Sister taxa: Apteryx, Proapteryx, Pseudapteryx

Subtaxa: none

Type: Metapteryx bifrons

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Metapteryx in the database

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