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Megapodius Megapodius pritchardii Gray 1864
/mˌɛɡəpˈoʊdɪəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Holocene) · ~0.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Megapodius pritchardii is a theropod dinosaur known from Late Cretaceous. It was a herbivore. It was named by Gray 1864. 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 pritchardii sits in deep time
Megapodius
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Megapodius pritchardii's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.