Dinosauria›Reptilia›Galliformes›Theropoda›Megapodiidae
Silhouette of Aepypodius arfakianus

Aepypodius Aepypodius arfakianus Salvadori 1877

/ˌiːpɪpˈoʊdɪəs/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~0.1 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade

Overview

Aepypodius arfakianus is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a herbivore. It was named by Salvadori 1877. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Aepypodius arfakianus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Aepypodius
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Aepypodius arfakianus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

same–clade
Penelope
Penelope purpurascens
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same–clade
Numida
Numida meleagris
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same–clade
Megapodius
Megapodius alimentum
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same–clade
Megapodius
Megapodius eremita
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