Dinornithiformes

Sceletus Dinornis novaezealandiae, typi ordinis

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Animalia — Chordata

Classis : Aves 
Infraclassis : Palaeognathae 
Ordo : †Dinornithiformes 
Bonaparte, 1853

   

Palaeontologia

Miocaeno – Holocaenum, Formula:Geological range

Subdivisiones: Subgreges

Synonyma

* Dinornithes Gadow, 1893

• Immanes Newton, 1884

Species typica

†Dinornis novaezealandiae Owen, 1843

Compariatio magnitudinum quattuor specierum dinornithiformium et hominis: 1, Dinornis novaezealandiae; 2, Emeus crassus; 3, Anomalopteryx didiformis; 4, Dinornis robustus.

Dinornithiformes sunt exstinctus avium volare nequientium ordo infraclassis Palaeognatharum. Cui ordini sunt novem species in sex genera digestae, omnes solum in Nova Zelandia endemicae. Maximae species, Dinornis robustus et Dinornis novaezelandiae, circiter 3.6 metra altae (collo extento) et circa 230 chiliogrammata ponderis erant. Aestimationes numeri harum avium circa annum 1280, cum Polynesiani colonias in Novam Zelandiam deducere inciperent, inter 58 000 et 2.5 fere milliones variant.

Aves artissime dinornithiformibus cognatae secundum studia genetica sunt Tinamidae, aves Americae Australis et Mediae, quae volare possunt, olim grex sororius palaeognatharum habitae. Novem species dinornithiformium erant solae aves quae alis vestigialibus, proprietatibus etiam omnium aliarum palaeognatharum, omnino carebant. Erant maxima animalia terrestria et herbivora praevalentia in silva, terra fruticum, et oecosystematibus subalpinis in Nova Zelandia usque ad Maoros adventos, et praeda naturalis erant solum Hieraaeti moorei, maximae orbis terrarum speciei accipitridarum (nunc etiam exstinctae). Dinornithiformes exstincti sunt ducentos fere annos post homines adventos, plerumque propter nimium venationis.

Dinornithiformes vulgo moa (ambo singularis et pluralis) universe appellantur, ex vocabulo Maoriana.

Nexus interni

• Megafauna

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Nexus externi

Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Dinornithiformes spectant (Moa, Dinornithiformes).

Vide "Dinornithiformes" apud Vicispecies.

• Aves exstinctae Novae Zelandiae. TerraNature.org.
• De dinornithiformibus. TerraNature,org.
• Classificatio et fontes. Arbor Vitae.
• De dinornithiformibus. Te Ara: the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
• 3D Exemplar calvariae cuiusdam dinornithiformis.