CLASSIFICATION, AND PHTLOGENY OF THE DINOENITHID^. 



415 



Reichenbach, 1850. 



Von Haast, 1873. 



Ltdekkee, 1891. 



HuTioN, 1891. 



Parkee, 1892. 









Dinornis 



Dinornis 





Dinornis 



Dinornis 



altus. 







maximus. 



maximus. 



maximus. 



excelsus. 



maximus. 



Moa 







validus. 





giganteus. 





nov!e-zealandia3. 



giganteus. 

 firmus. 





Movia 



robustus. 





robustus. 



robustus. 



ingens. 



ingens. 





ingens. 

 potens. 



potens (?). 





gracilis. 



gracilis. 



gracilis. 





Dinornis 







torosus. 



torosus. 



struthioides. 



struthioides. 



struthioides. 



Anomalopteryx 

 dromioides. 



struthioides. 



Palapteryx 

 plena, 

 dromioides. 



species a. 



Anomalopteryx 



Meionoi nis 





Anomalopteryx 



Anomalopteryx 



didiformis. 



didiformis. 



didiformis. 

 parva. 



didiformis. 

 antiqua. 

 Gela 



didiformis. 



parva (?). 



Mesopteryx 



Cela 





geranoides. 



geranoides. 



species a. 



curta. 





curta. 

 oweni. 



didina. 



curta. 



Mesopteryx 

 didina. 



species /3. 

 species y. 



Syornis 







Syornis 





casuarinus. 



casuarinus. 

 Eui-yapteryx 



casuarina. 



casuarinus. 



casuarina. 



Emeus 



rheides. 



Emeus 



rheides. 



Etneus 



crassus. 





crassus. 



crassus. 

 Euryapteryx 



crassus. 

 species a. 



V 7- 





gravis. 



gravipes. 



gravis. 







Palapteryx 



Paehyornis 



pouderosa. 



Paehyornis 

 species a. 





elephantopus. 



elephantopus. 

 immanis. 



elephantopus. 



elephantopus. 

 species j8. 



» y- 



„ a. 







species a. 



P3'gma?a. 







„ b. 





„ b. 



My own observations have led me to the following conclusions, which, it must be 

 remembered, are founded mainly upon a study of the skull, and take no cognizance of 

 several of Hutton's and of one or two of Lydekker's species : — 



1. The tall, comparatively slender-limbed forms, with broad skull and long, wide, 



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