IRMNG - Megapodiidae Lesson, 1831

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Megapodiidae Lesson, 1831

IRMNG_ID

104295 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:104295)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Galliformes

Synonymised names

Megapodidae Lesson, 1831 · unaccepted

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Genus Aepypodius Oustalet, 1880
Genus Alectura Latham, 1824
Genus Garrdimalga Shute, Prideaux & Worthy, 2017 †
Genus Latagallina Shute, Prideaux & Worthy, 2017 †
Genus Leipoa Gould, 1841
Genus Macrocephalon Müller, 1846
Genus Megapodius Gaimard in Férussac, 1823
Genus Talegalla Lesson, 1828
Genus Aepipodius Salvadori, 1891 accepted as Aepypodius Oustalet, 1880
Genus Aepypus Oustalet, 1880 accepted as Aepypodius Oustalet, 1880
Genus Alectorura Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Alectura Latham, 1824
Genus Alectrura Blyth, 1852 accepted as Alectura Latham, 1824
Genus Catheturus Swainson, 1837 accepted as Alectura Latham, 1824
Genus Eulipoa Ogilvie-Grant, 1893 accepted as Megapodius Gaimard in Férussac, 1823
Genus Laiopa Gray, 1870 accepted as Leipoa Gould, 1841
Genus Leiopa Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Leipoa Gould, 1841
Genus Leiopa Gray, 1841 accepted as Leipoa Gould, 1841
Genus Liopa Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Leipoa Gould, 1841
Genus Lipoa Sundevall, 1873 accepted as Leipoa Gould, 1841
Genus Lipoa Bonaparte, 1842 accepted as Leipoa Gould, 1841
Genus Progoura Lydekker in Newton, 1893 (Misspelling)
Genus Tallegallus Schlegel, 1872 accepted as Talegalla Lesson, 1828
Genus Tallogalla Rosenberg, 1863 accepted as Talegalla Lesson, 1828
Genus Ngawupodius Boles & Ivison, 1999 † (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Progura De Vis, 1889 † (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Rectes Reichenbach, 1850 (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Talegallus Lesson, 1826 (uncertain, unassessed)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Megapodiidae Lesson, 1831. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104295 on 2024-12-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (3)
Notes (2)

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

Unreviewed

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Aves (Class) > Neornithes (Subclass) > Neognathae (Superorder) > Galliformes (Order) > Megapodiidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): T; stratigraphic range: Quaternary (Pleistocene)-Holocene (?Recent) [details]