†Mwalau Worthy et al. 2015 (megapode)
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Aves - Galliformes - Megapodiidae
Full reference: T. H. Worthy, S. Hawkins, S. Bedford and M. Spriggs. 2015. Avifauna from the Teouma Lapita site, Efate Island, Vanuatu, including a new genus and species of megapode. Pacific Science 69:205-254
Parent taxon: Megapodiidae according to T. H. Worthy et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Aepypodius, Alectura, Eulipoa, Garrdimalga, Latagallina, Leipoa, Macrocephalon, Megapodius, Ngawupodius, Progura, Talegalla
Subtaxa: Mwalau walterlinii
Type: Mwalau walterlinii
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution: found only at Teouma (Quaternary of Vanuatu)
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