Dinornithiformes
extinct order of birds
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Summary
Dinornithiformes is an extinct taxon[1]. Dinornithiformes ranks in the top 5% of extinct taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50,226 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: order[3]
- Parent taxon: Palaeognathae[4]
- Endemic to: New Zealand[5]
- Taxon name: Dinornithiformes[6]
- Commons category: Dinornithiformes[7]
- Start time: 17000000 BC[8]
- End time: 1500[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Dinornithiformes[10], Category:Dinornithidae[11]
- Commons gallery: Moa[12]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[19]
- Different from: Moa[20]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Birds[22], WikiProject Palaeontology[23], WikiProject New Zealand[24], WikiProject Extinction[25]
- Extinction date: 1500[26]
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Identifiers
Dinornithiformes's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8808[27]. Dinornithiformes's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4433427[28].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Dinornithiformes include 14880 Moa[29], an asteroid[30] and Mount Moa[31], a mountain[32].
Why It Matters
Dinornithiformes has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Dinornithiformes is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]
Entities named for Dinornithiformes include 14880 Moa[29], an asteroid[30] and Mount Moa[31], a mountain[32].