They set up the pelvis and leg bones and then, with plaster or some substance, and by working in proportion, they reconstructed the Dinornis, which is about the shape of the ostrich or the extinct moa of New Zealand, only larger. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders] Reference
The Dinornis is a good example. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders] Reference
Take, for instance, the Dinornis -- and before we go any farther let me see if you can give me a good English name for the creature. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders] Reference
The Diro eggshell (Dinornis robustus) from the South Island moa was one used to pinpoint genetic material by researchers. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Dinornis of New Zealand, proved that, at a much later time, there had been feathered bipeds of even larger bulk, and the credibility of the. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 Volume 18, New Series, October 16, 1852] Reference
This giant Moa (Dinornis giganteus) a member of the ratite family (the same family as the kiwi, emus and ostriches) and met its demise around the 13th century. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Ancient genetic material was coaxed from the eggshell of the moa (Dinornis), a flightless cousin to the ostrich that reached up to four metres (13 feet) in height and was hunted to extinction by New Zealand's Maori by the late 18th century. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
An extensive and highly interesting collection of bones, referrible to several species of the 'Moa' (Dinornis of Owen), and to three or four other genera of birds, formed by Mr. Walter Mantell, of Wellington, New Zealand, has recently arrived in England, and is now deposited in the British Museum. From Wordnik.com. [COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1] Reference
"So the men who reconstructed the Dinornis went at it. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders] Reference
'skulls' and 'mandibles' of two genera, the 'Dinornis' and 'Palapteryx'; and of an extinct genus, 'Notornis', allied to the 'Rallidae'; and the mandibles of a species of 'Nestor', a genus of nocturnal owl-like parrots, of which only two living species are known. From Wordnik.com. [COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1] Reference
Dinornis robustus), upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus. From Wordnik.com. [Livescience.com] Reference
Dinornis commonly known as the moa. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
Dinornis is -- an extinct bird of great size. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders] Reference
Dinornis: we cannot afford to lose one of them. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878] Reference
"on tap," he might as well get his fill, "what I can't understand is how long ago they figure these things lived -- I mean the Dinornis and. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders] Reference
Dinornis. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1906] Reference
Dinornis, 70. From Wordnik.com. [On the Genesis of Species] Reference
Dinornis, Apteryx, Moa. From Wordnik.com. [From "The Paradise of Birds." II. Ode-To the Roc by William John Courthope] Reference
Try it now -- the Dinornis. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders] Reference
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