Anomalopteryx a.k.a.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Lesser Moa,‭ ‬Little Bush Moa,‭ ‬Bush Moa.

Ah-nom-al-op-teh-riks.
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Name

Anomalopteryx ‭(‬Abnormal wing‭)‬.

Phonetic

Ah-nom-al-op-teh-riks.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Aves,‭ ‬Dinornithiformes,‭ ‬Dinornithidae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

Size

About‭ ‬1.3‭ ‬meters tall at maximum elevation.

Known locations

New Zealand,‭ ‬mostly North Island but parts of South Island too.

Time Period

Pleistocene to Holocene,‭ ‬probably extinct at around the same time as other moa a few hundred years ago.

Fossil representation

Several individuals,‭ ‬ranging from isolated remains to almost complete individuals.‭ ‬Mummified soft tissue is also known.

In Depth

Further Reading

– A partially mummified skeleton of Anomalopteryx didiformis from Southland. – Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand (Royal Society of New Zealand) 17 (4): 399–408. – R. M. Forrest – 1987.

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