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Dinornis
Taxonomy
Dinornis was named by Owen (1843). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Dinornithidae by Wetmore (1960), Carroll (1988), Worthy (1997), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003) and Bunce et al. (2009).
It was assigned to Dinornithidae by Wetmore (1960), Carroll (1988), Worthy (1997), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003) and Bunce et al. (2009).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1843 | Dinornis Owen |
| 1848 | Palapteryx Owen |
| 1852 | Moa Reichenbach |
| 1852 | Movia Reichenbach |
| 1892 | Tylopteryx Hutton |
| 1960 | Dinornis Wetmore p. 24 |
| 1988 | Dinornis Carroll |
| 1997 | Dinornis Worthy p. 95 |
| 2003 | Dinornis Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 443 |
| 2009 | Dinornis Bunce et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Dinornis Owen 1843
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†Dinornis dromoides Hutton 1900
†Dinornis ingens Owen 1844
†Dinornis maximus Owen 1868
†Dinornis novaezealandiae Owen 1843
†Dinornis struthoides Owen 1844
Invalid names: Moa Reichenbach 1852 [synonym], Palapteryx Owen 1848 [synonym], Tylopteryx Hutton 1892 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available