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PV A 16

Classification
Scientific name: Megalapteryx didinus (Owen, 1883)
Author: (Owen, 1883)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Dinornithiformes
Family: Megalapterygidae
Genus: Megalapteryx
Species: didinus
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Aves; Dinornithiformes; Megalapterygidae
Location
Locality: Nearest Named Place: Queenstown
State province: Otago
Country: New Zealand
Continent: Oceania
Higher geography: Oceania; New Zealand; Otago
Identification
Identified by: Walter Reginald Brook Oliver
Type status: HOLOTYPE
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Megalapteryx didinus (Owen, 1883)
Dinornis didinus Owen, 1882
Dinornis didinus Owen, 1882
Specimen
Catalogue number: PV A 16
Collection code: PAL ( Palaeontology)
Sub department: ES Birds
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:5739984
Donor name: Mrs M Squires
Catalogue description: Dessicated head, neck and hind limbs, covered in skin and feathers.
Stratigraphy
Earliest eon/lowest eonothem: Phanerozoic
Latest eon/highest eonothem: Phanerozoic
Earliest era/lowest erathem: Cenozoic
Latest era/highest erathem: Cenozoic
Earliest period/lowest system: Quaternary
Latest period/highest system: Quaternary
Earliest epoch/lowest series: Pleistocene
Latest epoch/highest series: Pleistocene
Chronostratigraphy: Quaternary, Pleistocene
Record
Occurrence ID: 13717351-f14c-4633-83cb-8abda42dc4df
Modified: 2025-02-27T12:45:40+00:00
Created: 2015-07-23T14:46:38+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2015-07-23T14:46:38+00:00
Last updated 2025-02-27T12:45:40+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb