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Post by another specialist on Jun 6, 2005 5:09:30 GMT
Megapodius alimentum
Steadman 1989
Holocene of Lifuka, Tonga, sc Pacific Ocean
Primary materials: Holotype: distal end tibiotarsus
Secondary materials: Pararypes: proximal end tarsometatarsus, tarsometatarsus, pedal digitus I phalanx I, pedal digiti II-IV terminal phalanx
David W. Steadman,
New species and records of birds (Aves: Megapodiidae, Columbidae) from an archeological site on Lifuka, Tonga
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102, 537 (1989)
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Post by dysmorodrepanis on Feb 7, 2006 22:09:02 GMT
Also found on Faleloa, Tonga: J. Archaeol. Sci. 29 p571: Prehistoric Butchery and Consumption of Birds in the Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific
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Post by another specialist on Feb 15, 2006 14:17:11 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Feb 15, 2006 14:20:26 GMT
The fossil megapodes (Aves: Megapodiidae) of Fiji with descriptions of a new genus and two new species T. H. Worthy* R99028. Received 2 December 1999; accepted 18 April 2000 *Palaeofaunal Surveys, 43 The Ridgeway, Nelson, New Zealand. E-mail: twmoa@ts.co.nz. The late Pleistocene-Holocene fossil record of megapodes (Aves: Megapodiidae) in the Fiji Islands is examined. Three new taxa are recorded from the group: a new genus and species are erected for a flightless form from Viti Levu that rivals in size the extinct Sylviornis of New Caledonia; a large, flightless species of Megapodius is described from Viti Levu; and Megapodius alimentum Steadman is recorded from Lakeba and Mago islands in the Lau Group. The tarsometatarsus of M. alimentum is redescribed. www.rsnz.org/publish/jrsnz/2000/21.php |
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Post by another specialist on Feb 15, 2006 14:21:08 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Sept 10, 2008 14:13:31 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Sept 10, 2008 15:21:21 GMT
The fossil megapodes (Aves: Megapodiidae) of Fiji with descriptions of a new genus and two new species T. H. Worthy* R99028. Received 2 December 1999; accepted 18 April 2000 *Palaeofaunal Surveys, 43 The Ridgeway, Nelson, New Zealand. E-mail: twmoa@ts.co.nz. The late Pleistocene-Holocene fossil record of megapodes (Aves: Megapodiidae) in the Fiji Islands is examined. Three new taxa are recorded from the group: a new genus and species are erected for a flightless form from Viti Levu that rivals in size the extinct Sylviornis of New Caledonia; a large, flightless species of Megapodius is described from Viti Levu; and Megapodius alimentum Steadman is recorded from Lakeba and Mago islands in the Lau Group. The tarsometatarsus of M. alimentum is redescribed. www.rsnz.org/publish/jrsnz/2000/21.phpThe whole pdf file can be found here www.rsnz.org/publish/jrsnz/2000/21.pdf |
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Post by another specialist on Sept 10, 2008 15:28:29 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Sept 10, 2008 15:35:25 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Sept 10, 2008 15:45:37 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Sept 10, 2008 16:51:49 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Sept 10, 2008 19:07:05 GMT
Another common name is Consumed Megapode
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2012 11:35:50 GMT
Hi!
The following passage is from the first description of the last surviving Polynesian Megapode, Megapodius pritchardii (Gray), and may well regard to the extinct species.
"There is, however, in the British Museum an egg, with the provisional name of Megapodius burnabyi, which agrees with the description of the Nina Fou [Niuafo'ou] egg. It was obtained by Lieut. Burnaby, R. N., at the Hapace Islands [Ha'apai Group], which is the centre cluster of the three groups usually considered to form the Friendly or Tonga Islands.
The bird of the Hapace Islands may, when made known, prove to be a species closely allied to the Megapodius pritchardii, if not the same."
source:
G. R. Gray: On a New Species of Megapode. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864. 41-44
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Post by Melanie on Jul 29, 2012 12:09:10 GMT
Megapodius burnabyi might be regarded as nomen dubium as the eggs lack determinable characters
Hume/Walters (2012): Extinct Birds, p 360
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Post by Sebbe on Mar 12, 2017 18:12:46 GMT
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