Reptilia - Galliformes - Megapodiidae

Full reference: E. Shute, G. J. Prideaux, and T. H. Worthy. 2017. Taxonomic review of the late Cenozoic megapodes (Galliformes: Megapodiidae) of Australia. Royal Society Open Science 4:170233

Belongs to Latagallina according to E. Shute et al. 2017

See also Worthy and Nguyen 2020

Sister taxon: Latagallina naracoortensis

Type specimen: WAM 15.9.6, a partial skeleton (associated remains of one adult individual, comprising the following elements: mandible, approximately 1.5 cm of tip; two vertebrae, one cervical, one caudal; 1). Its type locality is Leaena's Breath Cave, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Leaena's Breath Cave

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.