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Encyclopedia > Anomalopteryx
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Bush Moa
Conservation status
Prehistoric
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Superorder: Paleognathae
Order: Struthioniformes
Family: Dinornithidae
Genus: Anomalopteryx
Reichenbach, 1852
Species: A. didiformis
Binomial name
Anomalopteryx didiformis
(Owen, 1844)
Synonyms

Dinornis didiformis Owen, 1844
Dinornis parvus Owen, 1883
Dinornis oweni Haast, 1886
Anomalopteryx antiquus Hutton, 1892 (may be a valid predecessor species)
Anomalopteryx parvus Oliver, 1949
Anomalopteryx oweni Oliver, 1949 The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... “Animalia” redirects here. ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... “Aves” redirects here. ... Orders Lithornithiformes Ambiornithiformes Gansuiformes Paleocursornithiformes Dinornithiformes Aepyornithiformes Struthoniformes Rheiformes Casuariiformes Apterygiformes Tinamiformes The Paleognathae or paleognaths (old jaws) are one of the two living superorders of birds. ... Families Struthionidae Casuariidae Dinornithidae Apterygidae Rheidae A ratite is any of a diverse group of large, flightless birds of Gondwanian origin, most of them now extinct. ... Genera Anomalopteryx Dinornis Emeus Euryapteryx Megalapteryx Pachyornis The moa were giant flightless birds of New Zealand. ... Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (January 8, 1793 - March 17, 1879) was a German botanist and ornithologist. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... This article, Richard Owen, includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Jan. ... In scientific nomenclature, synonyms are different scientific names used for a single taxon. ... This article, Richard Owen, includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Jan. ... This article, Richard Owen, includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Sir Johann Franz Julius von Haast (May 1, 1824 - August 15, 1887) was a German geologist. ... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Captain Frederick Wollaston Hutton, FRS, (16 November 1836–27 October 1905) was an English scientist who applied the theory of natural selection to explain the origins and nature of the natural history of New Zealand. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Walter Reginald Brook Oliver (1883–1957) was an Australian-born New Zealand naturalist, ornithologist, and museum curator. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Walter Reginald Brook Oliver (1883–1957) was an Australian-born New Zealand naturalist, ornithologist, and museum curator. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...

Anomalopteryx didiformis is an extinct bird species known colloquially as the (Lesser) Bush Moa. It stood more than 1.3 metres (4 ft) tall and weighed 30 kg. It inhabited much of the North Island and small sections of the South Island of New Zealand. The most complete remains, a partially articulated skeleton with substantial mummified tissue were discovered in 1980 in Echo Valley. It is now in the Southland Museum, in Invercargill, New Zealand. [1] North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ... The South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. ...


 

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