Twenty-first century advances in knowledge of the biology of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes): A new morphological analysis and moa diagnoses revised

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-153

  Worthy, T H ^a,c   Scofield, R P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CANTERBURY MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dinornithiformes; Morphology; Multi level taxon diagnoses; New Zealand; Phylogenetic analyses; Review

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; BIRD; DIET; EGGSHELL; EOCENE; FLIGHTLESSNESS; FOSSIL RECORD; GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; RESEARCH WORK; SKULL; TAXONOMY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

NEW ZEALAND;

AEPYORNITHIDAE; AVES; CASUARIIDAE; DINORNITHIFORMES; EURYAPTERYX CURTUS; LITHORNIS; PALAEOGNATHAE; RHEA; RHEIFORMES; STRUTHIO; TINAMIFORMES;

EID: 84863495059     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2012.665060     Document Type: Review

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