Dinosauria›Reptilia›Galliformes›Theropoda›Megapodiidae
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Megapodius Megapodius molistructor Balouet and Olson 1989

/mˌɛɡəpˈoʊdɪəs/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · —

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade

Overview

Megapodius molistructor is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a herbivore. It was named by Balouet and Olson 1989. The species is represented by 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~21%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Megapodius molistructor sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Megapodius
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

same–clade
Ortalis
Ortalis vetula
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same–clade
Ortalis
Ortalis leucogastra
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same–clade
Crax
Crax alberti
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same–clade
Mwalau
Mwalau walterlinii
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