Euryapteryx curtus; Broad-billed Moa

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Euryapteryx curtus; Broad-billed Moa

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Euryapteryx curtus
Broad-billed Moa

Photographer: Gerald and Buff Corsi
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 6666 6666 0418 0097 (2018-04-10)

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date of photo Jan 30, 2012

location Wellington, North Island (New Zealand)

notes The North Island Broad-billed Moa or Coastal Moa (Euryapteryx curtus) was a species of moa. It is now extinct. Fossil evidence suggests that it lived on the North Island only, and its habitat was in the lowlands (dunelands, forests, shrublands, and grasslands). It was a ratite and a member of the Struthioniformes Order. The Struthioniformes are flightless birds with a sternum without a keel. The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is the national museum and art gallery of New Zealand, located in Wellington. It is branded and commonly known as Te Papa and Our Place; 'Te Papa Tongarewa' is broadly translatable as 'the place of treasures of this land'. The museum's principles incorporate the concepts of unified collections; the narratives of culture and place; the idea of forum; the bicultural partnership between Tangata Whenua and Tangata Tiriti; and an emphasis on diversity and multidisciplinary collaboration.

CalAcademy slide # Stout-legged Moa Femur Fossil 120130 _7007700

photo category: Fossil - Vertebrate

original filename: Stout-legged Moa Femur Fossil 120130 _7007700.jpg

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common names Broad-billed Moa (photographer)

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