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===Taxonomy=== The currently recognised genera and species are:<ref name="Davies" /> {{Clear left}} *Order [[Extinction|β ]]'''Dinornithiformes''' <small>(Gadow 1893) Ridgway 1901</small> [Dinornithes <small>Gadow 1893</small>; Immanes <small>Newton 1884</small>] (moa) **Family '''[[Dinornis|Dinornithidae]]''' Owen 1843 [Palapteryginae Bonaparte 1854; Palapterygidae Haast 1874; Dinornithnideae Stejneger 1884] (giant moa) ***Genus '''''[[Giant moa|Dinornis]]''''' ****[[North Island giant moa]], ''Dinornis novaezealandiae'' (North Island, New Zealand) ****[[South Island giant moa]], ''Dinornis robustus'' (South Island, New Zealand) **Family '''[[Lesser moa|Emeidae]]''' <small>(Bonaparte 1854)</small> [Emeinae <small>Bonaparte 1854</small>; Anomalopterygidae <small>Oliver 1930</small>; Anomalapteryginae <small>Archey 1941</small>] (lesser moa) ***Genus '''''[[Anomalopteryx]]''''' ****[[Bush moa]], ''Anomalopteryx didiformis'' (North and South Island, New Zealand) ***Genus '''''[[Emeus]]''''' ****[[Eastern moa]], ''Emeus crassus'' (South Island, New Zealand) ***Genus '''''[[Broad-billed moa|Euryapteryx]]''''' ****[[Broad-billed moa]], ''Euryapteryx curtus'' (North and South Island, New Zealand) ***Genus '''''[[Pachyornis]]''''' ****[[Heavy-footed moa]], ''Pachyornis elephantopus'' (South Island, New Zealand) ****[[Mantell's moa]], ''Pachyornis geranoides'' (North Island, New Zealand) ****[[Crested moa]], '' Pachyornis australis'' (South Island, New Zealand)<ref name="Stephenson">Stephenson, Brent (2009)</ref> **Family '''[[Megalapterygidae]]''' ***[[Genus]] '''''[[Megalapteryx]]''''' ****[[Upland moa]], ''Megalapteryx didinus'' (South Island, New Zealand) Two unnamed species are also known from the Saint Bathans Fauna.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> {{Clear}}
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