The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- EURYAPTERYX
‡ (Emeidae; † Stout-legged Moa E. geranoides) Gr. ευρυς eurus broad; negative prefix α- a-; πτερυξ pterux, πτερυγος pterugos wing (cf. genus Apteryx Shaw, 1813, kiwi); "Euryapteryx Haast, 1874, Trans. NZ Inst. 6: 427 — type Dinornis gravis Owen [= Palapteryx geranoides Owen], designated by Archey (1941:53)." (Checklist Birds New Zealand, 3rd ed., 1990, p. 4).
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