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English: Size chart comparison between some of the largest described dinornithiformes (moa) species:
  •   Megalapteryx didinus → Height = ~1 metre (3.3 ft).[1]
  •   Dinornis robustus → Height = ~2 metres (6.6 ft).[1] (female size)
  •   Anomalopteryx didiformis → Height = ~50–90 centimetres (20–35 in).[2]
  •   Pachyornis elephantopus → Height = ~1.2 metres (3.9 ft).[1]

Human for scale is 1.8 meters tall.

References

  1. ↑ a b c (2005). "Cortical growth marks reveal extended juvenile development in New Zealand moa". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 435: 940−943. DOI:10.1038/nature03635. PMID 15959513.
  2. ↑ (2009). "The evolutionary history of the extinct ratite moa and New Zealand Neogene paleogeography". PNAS 106 (49): 20646−20651. DOI:10.1073/pnas.0906660106. PMID 19923428. PMC: 2791642.
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