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Megapodius
Megapodius alimentum Steadman 1989
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~0.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Megapodius alimentum is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a herbivore. It was named by Steadman 1989. The species is represented by 15 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~45%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 15 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Megapodius sits in deep time
Megapodius
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Megapodius's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.