Broad-billed moa

Broad-billed moa; Temporal range: Pleistocene-Holocene
	Skull
Conservation status
	; Extinct (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Infraclass:	Palaeognathae
Order:	†Dinornithiformes
Family:	†Emeidae
Genus:	†Euryapteryx; Haast, 1874
Species:	†E. curtus
Binomial name
	†Euryapteryx curtus; (Owen, 1846)
Synonyms
	List Cela Reichenbach 1853 non Moehring 1758 ; Celeus Bonaparte 1856 non Boie 1831 ; Zelornis Oliver 1949 ; Dinornis curtus Owen, 1846 ; Cela curtus (Owen 1846) Reichenbach, 1850 ; Celeus curtus (Owen 1846) Bonaparte, 1865 ; Anomalopteryx curta (Owen 1846) Lydekker 1891 ; Euryapteryx curtus (Owen 1846) Archey 1941 ; Mesopteryx species α Parker 1895 ; Euryapteryx exilis Hutton, 1897 ; Zelornis exilis (Hutton 1897) Oliver 1949 ; Euryapteryx tane Oliver 1949 ; Dinornis gravis Owen, 1870 ; Pachyornis gravis (Owen 1870) ; Euryapteryx pygmaeus Hutton 1891 non Pachyornis pygmaeus Hutton 1895 ; Emeus gravipes Lydekker, 1891 Euryapteryx gravipes (Lydekker 1891) Oliver 1930 ; Euryapteryx compacta Hutton 1893 ; Emeus crassus Parker 1895 non (Owen 1846) Reichenbach 1853 ; Euryapteryx ponderosa Hamilton 1898 non Hutton 1891 ; Emeus boothi Rothschild 1907 ; Emeus haasti Rothschild 1907 non Palaeocasuarius haasti Rothschild 1907 ; Zelornis haasti (Rothschild 1907) Oliver 1949 ; Euryapteryx haasti (Rothschild 1907) ; Emeus parkeri Rothschild 1907 ; Euryapteryx kuranui Oliver 1930 ; Euryapteryx geranoides Checklist Committee 1990 non Palapteryx geranoides ;

The broad-billed moa, stout-legged moa or coastal moa (Euryapteryx curtus) is an extinct species of moa that was endemic to New Zealand.

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