Dinornithiformes
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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dracohors
Superordo: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Classis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Euornithes
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Ornithurae
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Palaeognathae
Ordo: †Dinornithiformes
Familiae (3):
Dinornithidae -
Emeidae -
Megalapterygidae
Name[edit]
Dinornithiformes
References[edit]
- Rawlence, N.J.; Cooper, A. 2012 (Online) 2013 (Print): Youngest reported radiocarbon age of a moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) dated from a natural site in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 43(2): 100-107. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.2012.658817
. Reference page. - Worthy, T.H. & Scofield, R.P. 2012. Twenty-first century advances in knowledge of the biology of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes): a new morphological analysis and moa diagnoses revised. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 39(2): 87–153. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2012.665060 . Reference page.
- Wood, J.R. et al. 2013: A megafauna’s microfauna: gastrointestinal parasites of New Zealand’s extinct moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes). PLoS ONE 8(2): e57315. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057315 Reference page.
Additional references[edit]
- Brassey CA, Holdaway RN, Packham AG, Anné J, Manning PL, et al. (2013) More than One Way of Being a Moa: Differences in Leg Bone Robustness Map Divergent Evolutionary Trajectories in Dinornithidae and Emeidae (Dinornithiformes). PLoS ONE 8(12): e82668. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082668
- Holdaway, R.N.; Worthy, T.H.; Tennyson, A.J.D. 2001: A working list of breeding bird species of the New Zealand region at first human contact. New Zealand journal of zoology, 28: 119–187. (PDF)
- Worthy, T.H. 1990: An analysis of the distribution and relative abundance of moa species (Aves: Dinornithiformes). New Zealand journal of zoology, 17: 213–241.
- Worthy, T.H.; Edwards, A.R.; Millener, P.R. 1991: The fossil record of moas (Aves: Dinornithiformes) older than the Otira (last) Glaciation. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 21: 101–118.
Vernacular names[edit]
English: Moas
español: Moas
suomi: Moalinnut
français: Moas
Māori: Moa
українська: Моаподібні
