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Pachyornis elephantopus (heavy-footed moa)

Reptilia - Dinornithiformes - Emeidae

Taxonomy
Dinornis elephantopus was named by Owen (1856).

It was recombined as Euryapteryx elephantopus by Lambrecht (1933); it was recombined as Pachyornis elephantopus by Worthy (1997), Worthy (1998) and Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Dinornis elephantopus Owen
1933Euryapteryx elephantopus Lambrecht p. 150
1997Pachyornis elephantopus Worthy p. 95
1998Pachyornis elephantopus Worthy p. 89
2003Pachyornis elephantopus Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 443

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
superorderPalaeognathaePycraft 1900
—Ratitae(Merrem 1813)
superorderApterygimorphae
orderDinornithiformes
familyEmeidae
genusPachyornisLydekker 1891
specieselephantopus(Owen 1856)

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.

†Pachyornis elephantopus Owen 1856 [heavy-footed moa]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0New Zealand Pachyornis elephantopus (182839)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Pachyornis elephantopus (87806 87810 87814)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Pachyornis elephantopus (87804)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0New Zealand Pachyornis elephantopus (182104 182838)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Pachyornis elephantopus (100554 182106 194619 215577)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (North Otago) Pachyornis elephantopus (87790)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Pachyornis elephantopus (215392 215405 215410 215411 215412 215612)