Giant moa
- Description
- Moa dorsal vertebra from the collection of Dr John Teschemaker of Exmouth. Donated in 1869.
- Accession Loan No.
- B2584
- Collection Class
- Birds
- Common Name
- giant moa
- Simple Name
- fossil: bird, moa
- Full Name
- Dinornis giganteus (Owen): DINORNITHIDAE:giant moa: dorsal vertebra
- Geology Period
- Pleistocene 1.8 – 10,000
- Family Group
- Collection Country
- New Zealand
- Collection Area Region
- Australia and New Zealand
- Collection Continent
- Oceania
- Phylum
- CHORDATA: VERTEBRATA
- Family
- DINORNITHIDAE
- Genus
- Dinornis Owen
- Species
- giganteus (Owen)
