Noble megapode and "rostrum" (bill), referring to the extraordinarily large vertical dimension of its bill. Worthy also suggested “Noble Megapode” would be an appropriate vernacular name for the bird. It was described by New Zealand palaeontologist Trevor Worthy in October 1998 from subfossil remains collected by Worthy, G. Udy and S. Mataraba. Sites containing remains include the Udit Tomo cave at Wainibuku, Voli Voli and Delai-ni-qara caves on the island of Viti Levu, as well as on Naigani Island. The holotype is held by the Museum of New Zealand (reg. no: S.037362). In its time it was probably the largest bird in
Creature Catalogue Creature Catalogue Creature Catalogue is a supplement for Basic "Dungeons & Dragons" first released in 1986, and updated in 1993. The "Creature Catalogue" is a supplement which describes over 200 monsters, most of which had been collected from "D&D" rules and modules, as well as 80 new monsters which had never been printed before; each monster is illustrated and indexed by habitat. In "Creature Catalogue" is collected all the creatures first presented in the official "D&D" adventure modules to that time, plus many new creatures and some converted from "AD&D". Also included is a comprehensive index of all "D&D" monsters