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Pile-builder megapode
The pile-builder megapode〔Steadman, David William (2006): ''Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds''. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-77142-3〕 (''Megapodius molistructor'') is an extinct species of megapode. The subfossil remains were found by Jean-Christophe Balouet and Storrs L. Olson in the Pindai Caves of New Caledonia. Its remains have also been found on Tonga.
==Description==
With a weight of 3.5 kg, ''Megapodius molistructor'' was heavier than all existing ''Megapodius''. On Tonga, it was the largest ground-dwelling bird species. The fossil material consists of a left tarsometatarsus, a complete left scapula, a half right scapula, a proximal end left ulna, a fragment of the right femur, several ungual phalanxes, an anterior end right scapula, a proximal end right ulna, a distal left ulna, a distal end left ulna proximal, and a half right femur.〔Balouet, Jean Christophe; Olson, Storrs L.: ''Fossil Birds from Late Quaternary Deposits in New Caledonia'' (PDF, online )〕
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