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PV A 608

Classification
Scientific name: Dinornis robustus Owen, 1843
Author: Owen, 1843
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Dinornithiformes
Family: Dinornithidae
Genus: Dinornis
Species: robustus
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Aves; Dinornithiformes; Dinornithidae
Location
Locality: Nearest Named Place: Sandhills; Township: Riverton
State province: Otago
Country: New Zealand
Continent: Oceania
Higher geography: Oceania; New Zealand; Otago
Identification
Identified by: Dr Lorna Steel
Identification qualifier: Current valid name for the South Island giant moa is Dinornis robustus.
Type status: CITED
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Dinornis robustus Owen, 1843
Dinornis maximus Owen, 1869
Specimen
Catalogue number: PV A 608
Collection code: PAL ( Palaeontology)
Sub department: ES Birds
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:2355612
Donor name: The Broderick family
Catalogue description: Full mounted skeleton.
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: 449ef5d1-efb0-49b2-b726-7b659b3d84b0
Modified: 2021-06-22 14:01:20 (UTC)
Created: 2012-02-21 11:50:45 (UTC)

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Additional Information

Created 2012-02-21 11:50:45 (UTC)
Last updated 2021-06-22 14:01:20 (UTC)
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