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Giant Moa, Dinornis

Dinornis, a gigantic bird from New Zealand that lived during the Quaternary Period, with a bull for size comparison. All moas, including the giant Dinornis, were extinct by 1500, probably killed off by Polynesian hunters. Illustration from Louis Figuier's The World Before the Deluge, 1867 American edition.

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Giant Moa, Dinornis

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Dinornis, a gigantic bird from New Zealand that lived during the Quaternary Period, with a bull for size comparison. All moas, including the giant Dinornis, were extinct by 1500, probably killed off by Polynesian hunters. Illustration from Louis Figuier's The World Before the Deluge, 1867 American edition.

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2797 x 4191 px | 33.5 MB

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23.7 x 35.5 cm | 9.3 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1800S • 19TH CENTURY • ANIMAL • ART • ARTWORK • BIRD • CENOZOIC ERA • DINORNIS • DINORNITHIDAE • DINORNITHIFORMES • EARTH SCIENCE • ENDEMIC • ENGRAVING • EXTINCT • GEOLOGIC HISTORY • GEOLOGY • GIANT MOA • HISTORIC WORK • ILLUSTRATION • LAND ANIMALS • LOUIS FIGUIER • MEGAFAUNA • MOA • NEOZOIC ERA • NEW ZEALAND FAUNA • PALAEONTOLOGY • PALEOBIOLOGY • PALEONTOLOGY • PREHISTORIC LIFE • PREHISTORY • QUATERNARY PERIOD • RATITE • RECONSTRUCTED WILDLIFE • RECONSTRUCTION • RESTORATION • STRUTHIONIFORMES • TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATE • WORLD BEFORE THE DELUGE