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ANOMALOPTERYX DIDIFORMIS(OWEN.)
- Dinornis didiformis Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. III, p. 242 (1844).
- Anomalopteryx didiformis Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. der Vög. p. 30 (1850).
- A. didiformis Lydekker, Cat. Fossil B. Brit. Mus., p. 275.
The present form is confined to the North Island. Owen's type was collected by the Revd. Wm. Williams, and came from Poverty Bay.
Habitat: North Island, New Zealand.
Portion of skeleton in Tring Museum.
ANOMALOPTERYX PARVUS(OWEN.)
- Dinornis parvus Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. XI, pp. 233-256, pls. LI-LVII (1883).
- Anomalopteryx didiformis Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst. XXIV, p. 123 (1892), part.
- A. parva Lydekker, t.c., p. 278.
This small form is confined to the Middle Island. The type, a skeleton in almost complete condition, was dug up in a cave at Takaka, near Nelson, and is now in the British Museum. A much less perfect skeleton is in my museum at Tring.
Habitat: Middle Island, New Zealand.
ANOMALOPTERYX ANTIQUUSHUTT.
- Avian Remains Forbes, Trans. N.Z. Inst. XXIII, p. 369 (1891).
- Anomalopteryx antiquus Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst. XXIV, p. 124 (1892).
A. antiquus was named by Captain Hutton from the photographs of bones described by Dr. Forbes in the above-quoted article. The evidence is very slight on which to found a species, but I prefer to treat it as one, for the bones were discovered in the Upper Miocene, a much older stratum than most remains of Dinornithidae occur in.
Locality: Timaru, Middle Island, New Zealand.
