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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. [2] It was one of the tallest-known bird species to walk the Earth, exceeded in weight only by the heavier but shorter elephant bird of Madagascar (also extinct).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 December 2024. Extinct genus of birds Dinornis Temporal range: Late Pleistocene - Holocene D. novaezealandiae, Natural History Museum of London Conservation status Extinct (c. 1500) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Infraclass: Palaeognathae ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 December 2024. Extinct order of birds This article is about the extinct New Zealand birds known as moa. For other uses, see Moa (disambiguation). Moa Temporal range: Miocene – Holocene, 17–0.0006 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N North Island giant moa skeleton Scientific classification Domain ...
Articles relating to the Moa (order Dinornithiformes), an extinct group of flightless birds formerly endemic to New Zealand.There 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 neck outstretched, and weighed about 230 kilograms (510 lb), while the smallest, the bush moa (Anomalopteryx ...
The North Island giant moa (Dinornis novaezealandiae) is an extinct moa in the genus Dinornis, known in Māori as kuranui. [4] Even though it might have walked with a lowered posture, standing upright, it would have been the tallest bird ever to exist, with a height estimated up to 3.6 metres (12 ft).
The most massive birds known to have coexisted with humans are the moa of New Zealand [7] and the elephant birds of Madagascar. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The largest moa, the South Island giant moa ( Dinornis robustus ), could reach heights of over 3.5 meters (11.5 feet). [ 7 ]
The paper on sexual dimorphism refers to D. giganteus and D. novaezealandiae throughout, but in the end we find a rather baffling statement: "The following taxonomy is now advocated: family, Dinornithidae (Bonaparte); genus, Dinornis (Owen); species, D. novaezealandiae Owen, 1843 (North Island Dinornis) and D. robustus Owen, 1846 (South Island ...
Deccanolestes robustus is based on an isolated lower first molar. Isolated teeth and some ankle remains have also been referred to it. [5] Deccanolestes narmadensis is based on an isolated rear molar. [6] Alongside Bharattherium, Deccanolestes is among the two mammal taxa that survived the KT event in India. [7]