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Dinornithiformes

Reptilia - Dinornithiformes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Dinornithiformes Wetmore p. 24
1988Dinornithiformes Carroll
2007Dinornithiformes Livezey and Zusi p. 89
2022Dinornithiformes Mayr p. 29

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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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—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
orderDinornithiformes

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.

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Fm. †Dinornithidae Bonaparte 1853
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G. †Dinornis Owen 1843
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†Dinornis dromoides Hutton 1900
†Dinornis giganteus Owen 1844
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Invalid names: Dinornis excelsus Hutton 1892 [synonym]
†Dinornis ingens Owen 1844
†Dinornis maximus Owen 1868
†Dinornis struthoides Owen 1844
Invalid names: Moa Reichenbach 1852 [synonym], Palapteryx Owen 1848 [synonym], Tylopteryx Hutton 1892 [synonym]
Fm. †Emeidae
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G. †Anomalopteryx Reichenbach 1853
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†Anomalopteryx antiquus Hutton 1892
†Anomalopteryx curtus Owen 1847
†Anomalopteryx parvus Owen 1883
G. †Emeus Riechenbach 1852
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†Emeus casuarinus Lydekker 1891
†Emeus crassus Owen 1846 [eastern moa]
†Emeus exillis Hutton 1897
†Emeus huttoni Owen 1879
G. †Euryapteryx Haast 1874
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†Euryapteryx geranoides Owen 1848 [Mantell's moa]
†Euryapteryx gravipes Lydekker 1891
†Euryapteryx immanis Lydekker 1891
†Euryapteryx kuranui Oliver 1930
†Euryapteryx ponderosus Hutton 1892
†Euryapteryx pygmaeus Hutton 1892
Invalid names: Cela Reichenbach 1852 [synonym]
G. †Pachyornis Lydekker 1891
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†Pachyornis australis Oliver 1949
†Pachyornis elephantopus Owen 1856 [heavy-footed moa]
Invalid names: Anomalopterygidae [synonym]
Fm. †Megalapterygidae Bunce et al. 2009
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G. †Megalapteryx Haast 1885
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†Megalapteryx didinus Lydekker 1891
†Megalapteryx hectori Haast 1886
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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Altonian to the top of the Holocene or 19.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Dinornithidae indet. (73690 126289 126291) Dinornithiformes indet. (153884)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (Otago) Dinornithiformes indet. (153885 175629)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117New Zealand (North Island) Dinornithiformes indet. (150551)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0New Zealand Pachyornis sp., Pachyornis elephantopus, Euryapteryx geranoides, Anomalopteryx didiformis, Megalapteryx didinus, Pachyornis australis (182839)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Dinornithiformes indet., Emeidae indet., Pachyornis elephantopus, Emeus crassus (87810) Dinornithiformes indet., Pachyornis elephantopus (87806) Dinornithiformes indet., Pachyornis elephantopus, Euryapteryx geranoides, Emeus crassus, Dinornis giganteus (87814)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0New Zealand Dinornithiformes indet. (182840) Dinornithiformes indet., Euryapteryx sp., Dinornis struthoides, Anomalopteryx didiformis (182103) Dinornithiformes indet., Pachyornis elephantopus, Euryapteryx geranoides, Dinornis struthoides, Anomalopteryx didiformis, Megalapteryx didinus (182838) Euryapteryx geranoides, Dinornis novaezealandiae, Pachyornis australis (182828) Pachyornis elephantopus (182104) Pachyornis sp., Anomalopteryx didiformis (182833)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Pachyornis elephantopus, Euryapteryx geranoides (87804)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (North Otago) Dinornithiformes indet., Pachyornis elephantopus, Emeus crassus, Dinornis struthoides (87790)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Anomalopteryx didiformis (181849) Dinornis robustus, Pachyornis elephantopus, Anomalopteryx didiformis, Megalapteryx didinus (182106) Dinornis sp., Dinornis novaezelandiae, Emeus sp., Pachyornis sp., Pachyornis elephantopus, Euryapteryx geranoides, Emeus crassus, Dinornis struthoides, Dinornis giganteus (215577) Emeidae indet., Euryapteryx geranoides, Emeus crassus (194618) Emeidae indet., Pachyornis elephantopus, Euryapteryx geranoides, Emeus crassus, Dinornis giganteus (100554) Pachyornis elephantopus (194619)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Anomalopteryx casuarina, Dinornis novaezealandiae (215553) Anomalopteryx didiformis (215409) Dinornis sp., Pachyornis elephantopus, Euryapteryx geranoides, Emeus crassus (215612) Dinornithidae indet. (215381 215395 215582) Dinornithiformes indet. (87791 215387) Emeidae indet., Pachyornis elephantopus, Euryapteryx geranoides, Emeus crassus, Dinornis struthoides, Dinornis giganteus, Anomalopteryx didiformis (215392) Emeus crassus (215391 215414) Emeus crassus, Dinornis giganteus (215413) Euryapteryx geranoides, Megalapteryx didinus (215403) Megalapteryx didinus (215614) Pachyornis elephantopus, Emeus crassus (215410 215411) Pachyornis elephantopus, Emeus crassus, Dinornis struthoides, Dinornis giganteus (215412) Pachyornis elephantopus, Euryapteryx geranoides, Anomalopteryx didiformis (215405)