Eastern Moa

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Eastern Moa
Emeus crassus fossil, Zoologisk Museum, Copenhagen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Clade: Notopalaeognathae
Superorder: Tinamimorphae
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Genus: {{{1}}}
(Reichenbach, 1852)
Species: E. crassus
Binomial name
Emeus crassus
(Owen, 1846)[1]
Synonyms
  • Dinornis crassus (Owen, 1846)
  • Dinornis casuarinus (Owen, 1846)
  • Dinornis huttonii (Owen, 1846) (male)
  • Dinornis major (Hutton, 1875)
  • Dinornis rheides (Owen, 1851)
  • Emeus casuarinus (Oliver, 1930)
  • Emeus huttonii (Oliver, 1930) (male)
  • Meionornis (Haast, 1874)
  • Mesopteryx (Hutton, 1891)
  • Syornis (Reichenbach, 1850)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Brands, S. (2008)

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