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Mantell's moa (Pachyornis geranoides)
| Subject: | Mantell's moa (Pachyornis geranoides)
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Description Tarsometatarsus of Pachyornis geranoides.
Date 1879
Source http://www.lib.utexas.edu/books/nzbirds/html/txu-oclc-7314815-2-15-p-070.html
Author Erxleben
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pachyornis_geranoides.jpg
Mantell's moa (Pachyornis geranoides) also known as Mappin's moa is an extinct species of New Zealand birds of the family Moa. These moa lived in the North and the South Islands, and on Stewart Island. Its habitat was the lowlands (shrublands, grasslands, dunelands, and forests). It was a ratite and a member of the Struthioniform Order. The Struthioniformes are flightless birds, whose sternum lacks a keel and whose palate is distinctive. The origin of the Stout-legged Moa is becoming clearer as it is now believed that early ancestors of these birds were able to fly and flew to the southern areas where their remains have been recovered. Order: Struthioniformes, Family: Dinornithidae.
Synonyms:
Palapteryx geranoides Owen, 1848 non Euryapteryx geranoides Checklist Committee 1990
Dinornis geranoides (Owen 1848) Owen 1866
Anomalopteryx geranoides (Owen 1848) Lydekker, 1891
Cela geranoides (Owen 1848) Hutton 1891
Dinornis curtus Owen 1871 non Owen 1846
Anomalopteryx curta (Owen 1871) Lydekker 1891
Pachyornis pygmaeus Hutton 1895 non Euryapteryx pygmaeus Hutton 1891
Dinornis expunctus Archey, 1927
Pachyornis septentrionalis (Oliver 1949) Brodkorb 1963
Pachyornis mappini Archey, 1941 |
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