Bush moa

Bush moa; Temporal range: Pleistocene-Holocene
	skeleton
Conservation status
	; Extinct (~1400s) (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Infraclass:	Palaeognathae
Order:	†Dinornithiformes
Family:	†Emeidae
Genus:	†Anomalopteryx; Reichenbach 1852
Species:	†A. didiformis
Binomial name
	†Anomalopteryx didiformis; (Owen 1844) Reichenbach 1853
Synonyms
	Dinornis didiformis Owen, 1844; Anomalopteryx didiformis (Owen 1844) Lydekker 1891; Anomalornis didiformis (Owen 1844) Hutton 1897; Dinornis dromioides Owen, 1846 non Oliver 1930; Anomalopteryx dromaeoides (Owen 1846) Lydekker 1891; Dinornis parvus Owen, 1883; Anomalopteryx parva (Owen 1883) Lydekker 1891; Dinornis oweni Haast, 1886; Anomalornis owenii (Haast 1886) Hutton 1897; Pachyornis owenii (Haast 1886) Archey 1941; Anomalopteryx oweni (Haast 1886) Oliver 1949; Anomalopteryx antiquus Hutton, 1892 (may be a valid predecessor species); Anomalopteryx fortis Hutton, 1893; Anomalornis gracilis Hutton 1897 non Dinornis gracilis Owen 1854; Anomalornis (Hutton, 1897); Graya (Bonaparte, 1956);

The bush moa, little bush moa, or lesser moa (Anomalopteryx didiformis) is an extinct species of moa from the family Emeidae (lesser moa).

^ "Anomalopteryx didiformis. NZTCS". nztcs.org.nz. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
^ Brands, Sheila (14 August 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Anomalopteryx". Project: The Taxonomicon. Retrieved 4 February 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ B.J. Gill; B.D. Bell; G.K. Chambers; D.G. Medway; R.L. Palma; R.P. Scofield; A.J.D. Tennyson & T.H. Worthy (2010). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (PDF) (4th ed.). Wellington, NZ: Te Papa Press. ISBN 978-1-877385-59-9.

[NZTCS-1] "Anomalopteryx didiformis. NZTCS". nztcs.org.nz. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

[2] Brands, Sheila (14 August 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Anomalopteryx". Project: The Taxonomicon. Retrieved 4 February 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] B.J. Gill; B.D. Bell; G.K. Chambers; D.G. Medway; R.L. Palma; R.P. Scofield; A.J.D. Tennyson & T.H. Worthy (2010). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (PDF) (4th ed.). Wellington, NZ: Te Papa Press. ISBN 978-1-877385-59-9.

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Bush moa Temporal range: Pleistocene-Holocene

skeleton
Conservation status
Extinct (~1400s) (NZ TCS)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Infraclass:	Palaeognathae
Order:	†Dinornithiformes
Family:	†Emeidae
Genus:	†Anomalopteryx Reichenbach 1852
Species:	†A. didiformis
Binomial name
†Anomalopteryx didiformis (Owen 1844) Reichenbach 1853^[2]^[3]
Synonyms
Dinornis didiformis Owen, 1844 Anomalopteryx didiformis (Owen 1844) Lydekker 1891 Anomalornis didiformis (Owen 1844) Hutton 1897 Dinornis dromioides Owen, 1846 non Oliver 1930 Anomalopteryx dromaeoides (Owen 1846) Lydekker 1891 Dinornis parvus Owen, 1883 Anomalopteryx parva (Owen 1883) Lydekker 1891 Dinornis oweni Haast, 1886 Anomalornis owenii (Haast 1886) Hutton 1897 Pachyornis owenii (Haast 1886) Archey 1941 Anomalopteryx oweni (Haast 1886) Oliver 1949 Anomalopteryx antiquus Hutton, 1892 (may be a valid predecessor species) Anomalopteryx fortis Hutton, 1893 Anomalornis gracilis Hutton 1897 non Dinornis gracilis Owen 1854 Anomalornis (Hutton, 1897) Graya (Bonaparte, 1956)

Bush moa

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