Megalapteryx
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Taxonavigation
editFamilia: †Megalapterygidae
Genus: †Megalapteryx
Species: †M. didinus
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editReferences
editPrimary references
edit- von Haast, J. 1886. On Megalapteryx hectori, a new gigantic species of apterygian bird. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 12(5): 161–169, plate XXX. BHL DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1886.tb00010.x Reference page.
- Forbes, H.O. 1892. Preliminary notice of additions to the extinct Avifauna of New Zealand. (Abstract.) Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 185–189. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
edit- Worthy, T.H. 1988. A re-examination of the moa genus Megalapteryx. Notornis 35: 99–108. PDF ResearchGate Reference page.
- Gill, B.J., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D., & Worthy, T.H. 2010. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. 4th ed. Te Tapa Press, Wellington, New Zealand: 500 pp. ISBN 978-1-877385-59-9. ResearchGate Reference page.
- Worthy, T.H. & Scofield, R.P. 2012. 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 39(2): 87–153. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2012.665060 Reference page.