Anomalopteryx

Taxobox
name = Bush Moa
status = Fossil
regnum = Animalia


image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Anomalopteryx didiformus" skeleton
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
superordo = Paleognathae
ordo = Struthioniformes
familia = Dinornithidae
genus = "Anomalopteryx"
genus_authority = Reichenbach, 1852
species = "A. didiformis"
binomial = "Anomalopteryx didiformis"
binomial_authority = (Owen, 1844)
synonyms = "Dinornis didiformis" Owen, 1844 "Dinornis parvus" Owen, 1883 "Dinornis oweni" Haast, 1886 "Anomalopteryx antiquus" Hutton, 1892 (may be a valid predecessor species) "Anomalopteryx parvus" Oliver, 1949 "Anomalopteryx oweni" Oliver, 1949 "Anomalopteryx didiformis" is an extinct bird genus known colloquially as the Lesser or Bush Moa. It stood more than 1.3 metres (4 ft) tall and weighed 30 kg. It inhabited much of the North Island and small sections of the South Island of New Zealand. The most complete remains, a partially articulated skeleton with substantial mummified tissue were discovered in 1980 in Echo Valley. It is now in the Southland Museum, in Invercargill, New Zealand. [http://www.southlandmuseum.com/]

External links

* [http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=710921&coltype=art&regno=2006-0010-1/22 "Little Bush Moa. Anomalopteryx didiformis." by Paul Martinson. Artwork produced for the book Extinct Birds of New Zealand by Alan Tennyson, Te Papa Press, Wellington, 2006]