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Progura

Osteichthyes - Megapodiidae

Taxonomy

Progura was named by De Vis (1889). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Columbae by De Vis (1892); to Peristeridae by Lambrecht (1933); to Megapodidae by Carroll (1988); and to Megapodiidae by Shute et al. (2017), Worthy and Nguyen (2020).

Species

P. campestris, P. gallinacea (syn. Chosornis praeteritus, Palaeopelargus nobilis)

Synonyms

Palaeopelargus was named by De Vis (1892).

It was synonymized subjectively with Progura by Worthy and Nguyen (2020).

It was assigned to Herodiones by De Vis (1892); and to Ciconiidae by Lambrecht (1933).
Chosornis was named by De Vis (1889).

It was synonymized subjectively with Progura by Worthy and Nguyen (2020).

It was assigned to Megapodidae by De Vis (1892), Lambrecht (1933).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1889	Chosornis De Vis
1889	Progura De Vis
1892	Palaeopelargus De Vis p. 441
1892	Chosornis De Vis p. 454
1892	Progura De Vis p. 454
1933	Palaeopelargus Lambrecht p. 320
1933	Chosornis Lambrecht p. 428
1933	Progura Lambrecht p. 604
1988	Progura Carroll
2017	Progura Shute et al.
2020	Progura Worthy and Nguyen p. 79

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Avialae
—	Ornithothoraces
—	Ornithuromorpha	Chiappe et al. 1999
subclass	Ornithurae
—	Carinatae	Merrem 1813
suborder	Galliformes	(Temminck 1820)
family	Megapodiidae	(Lesson 1831)
genus	Progura	De Vis 1889

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Progura De Vis 1889

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†Progura campestris Shute et al. 2017

†Progura gallinacea De Vis 1889

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Invalid names: Chosornis praeteritus De Vis 1889 [synonym], Palaeopelargus nobilis De Vis 1892 [synonym]

Invalid names: Chosornis De Vis 1889 [synonym], Palaeopelargus De Vis 1892 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteo

Entire body:

yeso

Adult length:

10 to < 100o

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10o

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10o

Architecture:

compact or denseo

Ontogeny:

accretion, modification of partso

Grouping:

solitaryo

Environment:

terrestrialo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

volanto

Diet:

herbivoreo

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 20:08:19

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:08:19

Source: o = order

References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Livezey 1997

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Australia (Queensland)	P. gallinacea (136787)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	Australia (South Australia)	P. gallinacea (135976)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	Australia (Queensland)	P. gallinacea (136723 137639)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	Australia (Western Australia)	P. campestris (136112 136113)