Giant Moa from South Island, New Zealand

The Giant Moa (Dinornis maximus), native to New Zealand, appeared during the Pleistocene and went extinct between the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Probably the largest bird to have inhabited the earth, the Giant Moa was nearly four mete

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Chordate Extinct Extinction History Maximus Owen Paleontology Pleistocene Prehistoric Prehistory Richard Sideways Vertebrae Vertebrates

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