species of Dinornis are considered valid, the North Island giant moa (Dinornis novaezealandiae) and the South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus). In...

The South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus) is an extinct species of moa in the genus Dinornis, known in Māori by the name moa nunui. It was one of...

The North Island giant moa (Dinornis novaezealandiae) is an extinct moa in the genus Dinornis, known in Māori as kuranui. Even though it might have walked...

were nine species (in six genera). The two largest species, Dinornis robustus and Dinornis novaezelandiae, reached about 3.6 metres (12 ft) in height with...

endemic to New Zealand. The bush moa was first scientifically described as Dinornis didiformis by R. Owen in 1844. He chose the specific name didiformis because...

"On Dinornis (Part XXIV): containing a Description of the Head and Feet, with their dried Integuments, of an Individual of the species Dinornis didinus...

originally described by Richard Owen, they were placed within the genus Dinornis as three different species, but, was later split off into their own genus...

Zealand moas of Dinornis. Richard Owen found affinities and distinctions in an osteological comparison to species of the extinct Dinornis and the extant...

†Euryapteryx curtus †Emeus crassus †Anomalopteryx didiformis †Dinornis novaezealandiae †Dinornis robustus †Megalapteryx didinus Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)...

South Island giant moa egg specimen. The heavy-footed moa was named as Dinornis elephantopus by Richard Owen in 1856 from leg bones found by Walter Mantell...