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Megapodius molistructor (pile-builder megapode)

Reptilia - Megapodiidae

Taxonomy
Megapodius molistructor was named by Balouet and Olson (1989). Its type specimen is MNHN NCP 600, a set of limb elements (left tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pindai Cave, Nepoui Peninsula, which is in a Holocene cave claystone in New Caledonia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Megapodius molistructor Balouet and Olson p. 9 fig. 4
1989Megapodius molistructor Steadman p. 540 fig. 4B,D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
—CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderGalliformes(Temminck 1820)
familyMegapodiidae(Lesson 1831)
genusMegapodiusGaimard 1823
speciesmolistructor

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Megapodius molistructor Balouet and Olson 1989 [pile-builder megapode]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:08:19
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:08:19
Source: o = order
References: Livezey 1997, Marsh 1875

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Megapodius molistructor (type locality: 13221 23115 193987 193988)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga Megapodius molistructor (193980 194751)