''Quercymegapodius'' is an

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of quercymegapodiid

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...

that lived during the

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Distribution

''Quercymegapodius brodkorpi'' is known from fossilised remains found in the

Quercy Phosphorites Formation The Quercy Phosphorites Formation (French language, French: ''Phosphorites du Quercy''; ) is a Formation (geology), geologic formation and lagerstätte in Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie, southern France. It preserves fossils dated to ...

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. ''Quercymegapodius depereti'' is also known from this formation.

References

Quercymegapodiidae Prehistoric bird genera Fossil taxa described in 1992 {{Paleo-bird-stub