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Heavy-Footed Moa Skeleton

The moa (initially classed as genus Dinornis) is an extinct, flightless bird that was found in New Zealand. This skeleton is that of the Heavy-Footed Moa (Dinornis elephantopus, now reclassified as Pachyornis elephantopus). The Heavy-Footed Moa was discovered by W.B.D. Mantell at Awamoa, near Oamaru, and the bones were taken by him to England. English photographer Roger Fenton (1819-1869) photographed this specimen around 1855.

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Heavy-Footed Moa Skeleton

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The moa (initially classed as genus Dinornis) is an extinct, flightless bird that was found in New Zealand. This skeleton is that of the Heavy-Footed Moa (Dinornis elephantopus, now reclassified as Pachyornis elephantopus). The Heavy-Footed Moa was discovered by W.B.D. Mantell at Awamoa, near Oamaru, and the bones were taken by him to England. English photographer Roger Fenton (1819-1869) photographed this specimen around 1855.

Personalities:

FENTON • ROGER FENTON

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Album / Science Source / Getty Research Institute

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3354 x 4170 px | 40.0 MB

Print size:

28.4 x 35.3 cm | 11.2 x 13.9 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1800S • 1850S • 19TH CENTURY • ANIMAL • BIRD • BONES • BRITISH • D. ELEPHANTOPUS • DINORNIS ELEPHANTOPUS • DINORNIS • DINORNITHIDAE • DISPLAY • ENGLISH • EXTINCT • FAUNA • FENTON • FLIGHTLESS • FOSSIL • HEAVY FOOTED MOA • HEAVY-FOOTED MOA • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • MANTELL • MOA • MUSEUM • NEW ZEALAND • ORNITHOLOGY • P. ELEPHANTOPUS • PACHYORNIS ELEPHANTOPUS • PACHYORNIS • PALAEONTOLOGY • PALEONTOLOGY • PREHISTORIC • REMAINS (SKELETON) • ROGER FENTON • SKELETON • SPECIMEN • VICTORIAN ERA • VICTORIAN • W. B. D. MANTELL • WILDLIFE • ZOOLOGY