Object: Crested moa, Pachyornis australis; holotype
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Registration Number  S.000026
Phylum  Chordata
Class  Aves
Order  Dinornithiformes
Family  Emeidae
Scientific NameType Status
Pachyornis australisholotype
Identified By  Oliver, WRB
Common / Maori name  Crested moa
Country collected  New Zealand
Region collected  South Island
Precise locality  Salisbury Tableland Cave
Collected By  McKay, A
Date collected  1879
Habitat  Cave
Section  Fossil Vertebrates

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