Definition of Palapteryx. Meaning of Palapteryx. Synonyms of Palapteryx

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Definition of Palapteryx

Palapteryx
Palapteryx Pa*lap"te*ryx, n. [Paleo- + apteryx.] (Paleon.) A large extinct ostrichlike bird of New Zealand.

Meaning of Palapteryx from wikipedia

- non Gray, 1841: preoccupied, nomen nudum Moa Reichenbach, 1850 Movia Reichenbach, 1850 Owenia Gray, 1855 Palapteryx Owen, 1851 Tylopteryx Hutton, 1891...
- robustus Owen, 1846 Synonyms List Dinornis ingens var. robustus Owen, 1846 Palapteryx robustus (Owen, 1846) Owen, 1851 Dinornis maximus Haast, 1869 Dinornis...
- skull and beak of that genus, and of the same characteristic parts of Palapteryx, and of two other genera of birds, Notornis and Nestor, forming part of...
- 1949 Dinornis excelsus Hutton, 1891 Dinornis firmus Hutton, 1891 Tylopteryx struthoides (Owen 1844) Hutton, 1891 Palapteryx ingens (Owen 1844) Haast 1869...
-  geranoides Binomial name †Pachyornis geranoides (Owen, 1848) Synonyms List Palapteryx geranoides Owen, 1848 non Euryapteryx geranoides Checklist Committee 1990...
- (Rothschild 1907) Emeus parkeri Rothschild 1907 Euryapteryx kuranui Oliver 1930 Euryapteryx geranoides Checklist Committee 1990 non Palapteryx geranoides...
- 1874; Dinornithnideae Stejneger 1884] (great moas) †Dinornis Owen 1843 [Palapteryx Owen 1846; Megalornis Owen 1843 non Gray 1841; Movia Reichenbach 1853;...
- Trevor H. (2005). "Rediscovery of the types of Dinornis curtus Owen and Palapteryx geranoides Owen, with a new synonymy (Aves: Dinornithiformes)" (PDF)....