Genus DINORNIS | |
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Animalia / Chordata Cephalochordata / Gnathostomata Aves / Neornithes / n.a. n.a. / Apterygimorphae / Dinornithiformes n.a. / n.a. n.a. / Dinornithidae n.a. / Dinornis |
Age: Distribution: |
Pleistocene - Holocene New Zealand |
Note: Designated 'Moa' on most stamps, although this is not the scientific name.Depicted on:Afghanistan, 1988 (30 A.)Central African Republic, 2021 (500 F.) Central African Republic, 2022 (M.S. margin) Central African Republic, 2022 (label, M.S. 1 margin) Central African Republic, 2023 (M.S. 1) Cuba, 1974 (10 c.) Djibouti, 2023 (sheet margin) Guinea-Bissau, 2007 (M.S. margin) Guinea, 2023 (position 2 of sheet, M.S., fossil skull) Guinea-Bissau, 2021 (M.S., M.S. 2 margin) Laos, 1994 (700 K.) Madagascar, 1994 (35 Fr.) Maldives, 2018 (M.S. margin) Maldives, 2020 (position 1 of sheet, M.S. margin) Micronesia, 1999 (M.S. 2) Mozambique, 2016 (position 1 of sheet) New Zealand, 1996 (1,80 $., same in M.S., overprinted M.S.) New Zealand, 1997 (1,80 $., in 'best of 1996' sheet) New Zealand, 2009 (50 C., same in M.S.) Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, 1999 (position 3 of sheet 1) Sierra Leone, 2019 (position 2 of sheet) Sierra Leone, 2022 (position 5 of sheet) Sierra Leone, 2022 (M.S. margin) Sierra Leone, 2023 (bottom label, fossil skeleton) Togo, 2022 (sheet margin) Meter franking, 'Moas Canterbury Museum', skeleton and reconstruction, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1992 SHOW SCAN. ![]() |