Eastern moa
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| Skeleton in Musee des Confluences, Lyon
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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| Class:
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Aves
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Palaeognathae
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| Order:
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†Dinornithiformes
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| Family:
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†Emeidae
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| Genus:
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†Emeus
Reichenbach, 1852
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| Species:
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†E. crassus
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| Binomial name
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†Emeus crassus
( Owen, 1846) Reichenbach 1853 non Parker 1895 |
| Synonyms
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- Dinornis crassus Owen, 1846
- Syornis crassus (Owen 1846) Hutton 1891
- Euryapteryx crassus (Owen 1846) Hutton 1896 non Benham 1910
- Dinornis casuarinus Owen, 1846
- Dinornis huttonii Owen, 1846 (male)
- Emeus huttonii (Owen 1879) Oliver, 1930
- Megalapteryx huttoni (Owen 1879) Rothschild 1907
- Dinornis major (Hutton, 1875)
- Dinornis rheides (Owen, 1851)
- Cela rheides (Owen 1850) Rothschild 1907
- Dinornis casuarinus Oliver 1846
- Emeus casuarinus (Oliver, 1930)
- Syornis casuarinus (Owen 1846) bach 1850
- Anomalopteryx casuarina (Owen 1846) Lydekker 1891
- Mesopteryx casuarina (Owen 1846) Parker 1895
- Meionornis casuarinus (Owen 1846) Hutton 1896
- Cela casuarinus (Owen 1846) Rothschild 1907
- Mesopteryx didina Hutton 1893 non Dinornis didinus Owen 1883
- Meionornis didinus (Hutton 1893) Hutton 1896 non Dinornis didinus Owen 1883
- Meionornis Haast, 1874
- Mesopteryx Hutton, 1891
- Syornis Reichenbach, 1850
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The eastern moa (Emeus crassus) is an extinct species of moa that was endemic to New Zealand. It is the only species in the genus Emeus.