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Megapodius Megapodius amissus Worthy 2000

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

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade

Overview

Megapodius amissus is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a herbivore. It was named by Worthy 2000. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~11%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Megapodius amissus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Megapodius
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Megapodius amissus'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
Aepypodius
Aepypodius arfakianus
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same–clade
Megapodius
Megapodius alimentum
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