Dinornithiformes

Dinornis sp.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dinornithiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Euavialae Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Parvclassis: Neornithes Cohors: Palaeognathae Ordo: †Dinornithiformes

‎Infraclassis: Aves
Cohors: Palaeognathae
Ordo: †Dinornithiformes
Familiae : †Dinornithidae – †Emeidae – †Megalapterygidae

Name

Dinornithiformes Gadow, 1893: 105 ["Dinornithes"]

References

Primary references

• Gadow, H. 1893. Dr. H.G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs, wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild. Vögel, II (Bd.6 Abt.4 T.2). DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.14134 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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
• Bunce, M., Worthy, T.H., Phillips, M.J., Holdaway, R.N., Willerslev, E., Haile, J., Shapiro, B., Scofield, R.P., Drummond, A.J., Kamp, P.J.J. & Cooper, A. 2009. The evolutionary history of the extinct ratite moa and New Zealand Neogene paleogeography. PNAS 106(49): 20646–20651. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0906660106 Reference page.  
• 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. 
• 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. 
• 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.
• 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. 

Vernacular names

беларуская: Моа
English: Moa
español: Moas
suomi: Moalinnut
français: Moas
日本語: モア目
Māori: Moa
українська: Моаподібні

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