Mantell's moa (Pachyornis geranoides) also known as Mappin's moa[3] is an extinct species of moa from the North Island of New Zealand.[4] Its habitat was the lowlands (shrublands, grasslands, dunelands, and forests).[5] The moa were ratites, flightless birds with a sternum without a keel. They also have a distinctive palate. The origin of the ratites is becoming clearer as it is now believed that early ancestors of these birds were able to fly and flew to the southern areas that they have been found in.[5]
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mantell, pachyornis, geranoides, also, known, mappin, extinct, species, from, north, island, zealand, habitat, lowlands, shrublands, grasslands, dunelands, forests, were, ratites, flightless, birds, with, sternum, without, keel, they, also, have, distinctive, . Mantell s moa Pachyornis geranoides also known as Mappin s moa 3 is an extinct species of moa from the North Island of New Zealand 4 Its habitat was the lowlands shrublands grasslands dunelands and forests 5 The moa were ratites flightless birds with a sternum without a keel They also have a distinctive palate The origin of the ratites is becoming clearer as it is now believed that early ancestors of these birds were able to fly and flew to the southern areas that they have been found in 5 Mantell s moaTemporal range Pleistocene Late Holocenefrom the collection of Auckland MuseumConservation statusExtinctScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClade DinosauriaClass AvesInfraclass PalaeognathaeOrder DinornithiformesFamily EmeidaeGenus PachyornisSpecies P geranoidesBinomial name Pachyornis geranoides Owen 1848 1 2 SynonymsList Palapteryx geranoides Owen 1848 non Euryapteryx geranoides Checklist Committee 1990Dinornis geranoides Owen 1848 Owen 1866Anomalopteryx geranoides Owen 1848 Lydekker 1891Cela geranoides Owen 1848 Hutton 1891Dinornis curtus Owen 1871 non Owen 1846Anomalopteryx curta Owen 1871 Lydekker 1891Pachyornis pygmaeus Hutton 1895 non Euryapteryx pygmaeus Hutton 1891Dinornis expunctus Archey 1927Pachyornis septentrionalis Oliver 1949 Brodkorb 1963Pachyornis mappini Archey 1941Its name is in honour of New Zealand naturalist and politician Walter Mantell Footnotes Edit Brands S 2008 Checklist Committee Ornithological Society of New Zealand 2010 Checklist of Birds of New Zealand Norfolk and Macquarie Islands and the Ross Dependency Antarctica PDF Te Papa Press Retrieved 4 January 2016 Mantell s moa New Zealand Birds Online Tennyson Alan J D 2006 Extinct birds of New Zealand Paul Martinson Wellington N Z Te Papa Press p 30 ISBN 978 0 909010 21 8 OCLC 80016906 a b Davies S J J F 2003 References EditBrands Sheila Aug 14 2008 Systema Naturae 2000 Classification Genus Euryapteryx Project The Taxonomicon Retrieved Feb 4 2009 Davies S J J F 2003 Moas In Hutchins Michael ed Grzimek s Animal Life Encyclopedia Vol 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins 2 ed Farmington Hills MI Gale Group pp 95 98 ISBN 0 7876 5784 0 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mantell 27s moa amp oldid 1153911451, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
