Extinct genus of flightless birds
Bush moa
skeleton
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
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) endemic to New Zealand .
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"Anomalopteryx didiformis " . NZTCS (nztcs.org.nz) . Retrieved 29 April 2023 .
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Brands, Sheila (14 August 2008). "Classification genus Anomalopteryx " . The Taxonomicon Project (taxonomy.nl) . Systema Naturae 2000. Retrieved 4 February 2009 . [permanent dead link ]
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Gill, B.J.; Bell, B.D.; Chambers, G.K.; Medway, D.G.; Palma, R.L.; Scofield, R.P.; et al. (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 .