Reptilia - Galliformes - Megapodiidae

Full reference: W. E. Boles and T. J. Ivison. 1999. A new genus of dwarf megapode (Galliformes: Megapodiidae) from the late Oligocene of central Australia. Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C, 4-7 June 1996. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 89:199-206

Parent taxon: Megapodidae according to W. E. Boles and T. J. Ivison 1999

See also Worthy and Nguyen 2020

Sister taxa: Aepypodius, Alectura, Eulipoa, Garrdimalga, Latagallina, Leipoa, Macrocephalon, Megapodius, Mwalau, Progura, Talegalla

Subtaxa: Ngawupodius minya

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Type: Ngawupodius minya

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at south end, Lake Pinpa (Oligocene of Australia)

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