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Megapodius Megapodius eremita Hartlaub 1868
/mˌɛɡəpˈoʊdɪəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~0.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying
Where It Was Found
Country
Papua New Guinea
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Megapodius eremita is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Papua New Guinea. It was named by Hartlaub 1868. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Megapodius eremita sits in deep time
Megapodius
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Megapodius eremita's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.