The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- ANOMALOPTERYX
‡ (Anomalopterygidae; Ϯ Little Bush Moa A. didiformis) Gr. ανωμαλος anōmalos strange < negative prefix αν- an- ; ομαλος omalos even; πτερυξ pterux, πτερυγος pterugos wing; "Genera et Species typicae. ... c. x Anomalopteryx R. didiformis (Dinornis — Ow. Zool. Transact. III. p. 326.)" (Reichenbach 1853); "Anomalopteryx Reichenbach, 1853, Avium Systema Naturale, p. XXX. Type, by original designation, Dinornis didiformis Owen, 1844." (JAJ 2020). The flightless Little Bush Moa became extinct at the end of the 14th century.
Synon. Anomalornis, Graya.
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