species of Dinornis are considered valid, the North Island giant moa (Dinornis novaezealandiae) and the South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus). In...
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North Island giant moa (redirect from Dinornis maximus)
The North Island giant moa (Dinornis novaezealandiae) is an extinct moa in the genus Dinornis, known in Māori as kuranui. Even though it might have walked...
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South Island giant moa (redirect from Dinornis robustus)
The South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus) is an extinct species of moa in the genus Dinornis, known in Māori by the name moa nunui. It was one of...
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were nine species (in six genera). The two largest species, Dinornis robustus and Dinornis novaezelandiae, reached about 3.6 metres (12 ft) in height with...
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Bush moa (redirect from Dinornis dromioides)
endemic to New Zealand. The bush moa was first scientifically described as Dinornis didiformis by R. Owen in 1844. He chose the specific name didiformis because...
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Upland moa (redirect from Dinornis didinus)
"On Dinornis (Part XXIV): containing a Description of the Head and Feet, with their dried Integuments, of an Individual of the species Dinornis didinus...
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Eastern moa (redirect from Dinornis crassus)
originally described by Richard Owen, they were placed within the genus Dinornis as three different species, but, was later split off into their own genus...
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Zealand moas of Dinornis. Richard Owen found affinities and distinctions in an osteological comparison to species of the extinct Dinornis and the extant...
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Pachyornis (redirect from Dinornis elephantopus)
existed, one each from New Zealand's North and South Island. Restoration of Dinornis giganteus and Pachyornis elephantopus, both from South Island Davies, S...
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List of moa species (section Dinornis)
†Euryapteryx curtus †Emeus crassus †Anomalopteryx didiformis †Dinornis novaezealandiae †Dinornis robustus †Megalapteryx didinus Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)...
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Heavy-footed moa (redirect from Dinornis queenslandiae)
South Island giant moa egg specimen. The heavy-footed moa was named as Dinornis elephantopus by Richard Owen in 1856 from leg bones found by Walter Mantell...
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Broad-billed moa (redirect from Dinornis gravis)
Moehring 1758 Celeus Bonaparte 1856 non Boie 1831 Zelornis Oliver 1949 Dinornis curtus Owen, 1846 Cela curtus (Owen 1846) Reichenbach, 1850 Celeus curtus...
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million years, suggesting that an unusual mechanism was at work. Moa (Dinornis pictured) Diprotodon optatum "Megalania" (Varanus priscus), American lions...
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Casuarius unappendiculatus North Island giant moa, Dinornis novaezealandiae † South Island giant moa, Dinornis robustus † Bush moa, Anomalopteryx didiformis...
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before the arrival of humans, ranging from turkey-sized to the giant moa Dinornis robustus with a height of 3.7 metres (12 ft 2 in) and weighing about 230...
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Sangster et al. (2022) as "the smallest clade containing Tinamus major and Dinornis novaezealandiae". Paleognaths are named for a characteristic, complex architecture...
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List of ratites (section Dinornis)
Island giant moa Dinornis novaezealdniae EX lived in the lowlands of New Zealand's North and South Islands South Island giant moa Dinornis robustus EX lived...
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all dinosaurs, are represented in the park. At least three other genera (Dinornis, a mastodon, and Glyptodon) were planned, and Hawkins began to build at...
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1990 Dinornis geranoides (Owen 1848) Owen 1866 Anomalopteryx geranoides (Owen 1848) Lydekker, 1891 Cela geranoides (Owen 1848) Hutton 1891 Dinornis curtus...
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Dinornis Megalapteryx Emeidae Anomalopteryx Emeus Euryapteryx Pachyornis...
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species of Dinornis are considered valid, the North Island giant moa (Dinornis novaezealandiae) and the South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus). In...
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Dinornis Megalapteryx Emeidae Anomalopteryx Emeus Euryapteryx Pachyornis...
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bird (Aepyornis maximus) of Madagascar and the south island giant moa (Dinornis robustus) of New Zealand laid larger eggs). Ostriches are the most dangerous...
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who mistook them for a small species of moa. The first species named was Dinornis otidiformis (later Aptornis), with the specific epithet referring to its...
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original on 15 July 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2023. Owen, R. (1848). "On Dinornis (Part III): containing a description of the skull and beak of that genus...
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Dinornis Megalapteryx Emeidae Anomalopteryx Emeus Euryapteryx Pachyornis...
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The moas Dinornis robustus and Pachyornis elephantopus, tinamous' extinct ratite cousins from New Zealand...
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Dinornis Megalapteryx Emeidae Anomalopteryx Emeus Euryapteryx Pachyornis...
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parakeet Commerson's Scops Owl Kioea, a honeyeater Kittlitz's Rail Giant Moa (Dinornis maximus) Moa (Megalapteryx didinus) Rodriguez Little Owl Steller's Spectacled...
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height and 220 to 250 kilograms. The tallest bird ever was the giant moa (Dinornis maximus), part of the moa family of New Zealand that went extinct around...
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