Upland moa
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phylum | Chordata | The upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus) was a species of moa bird endemic to New Zealand. It was a member of the ratite family, a type of flightless bird with no keel on the sternum. It was the last moa species to become extinct, vanishing around 1500 CE.
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clade | Diapsida | |
Class | Aves | |
order | †Dinornithiformes | |
family | †Dinornithidae | |
genus | †Megalapteryx | |
species | M. didinus |