Megavitiornis altirostris Worthy 2000 (bird)

Aves - Neornithes - Sylviornithidae

Full reference: T. H. Worthy. 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

Belongs to Megavitiornis according to T. H. Worthy 2000

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNZ S37362, a set of limb elements (right tarsometatarsus and 11 phalanges). Its type locality is Udit Tomo cave, Wainibuku, Viti Levu, which is in a Holocene cave horizon in Fiji.

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Fiji (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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