Object: Coastal moa, Euryapteryx curtus
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Registration Number  S.044280
Phylum  Chordata
Class  Aves
Order  Dinornithiformes
Family  Emeidae
Scientific Name
Euryapteryx curtus
Common / Maori name  Coastal moa
Section  Fossil Vertebrates

A model of a male stout legged moa created in 2006 by Izzat Design Limited for the Te Papa exhibition "Blood, Earth, Fire: Whangai, Whenua, Ahi Ka. The Transformation of Aotearoa New Zealand"

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