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Megapodius Megapodius laperouse Gaimard 1823
/mˌɛɡəpˈoʊdɪəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · —
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Megapodius laperouse is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a herbivore. It was named by Gaimard 1823. The species is represented by 9 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~30%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 9 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Megapodius laperouse sits in deep time
Megapodius
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Megapodius laperouse's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.