Extinct species of birds
Mullerornis Temporal range:
Quaternary
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Life restoration
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Infraclass:
Palaeognathae
Order:
† Aepyornithiformes
Genus:
† Mullerornis Milne-Edwards & Grandidier 1894
Type species
Mullerornis betsilei Milne-Edwards & Grandidier 1894
Species
M. modestus (Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1869) Hansford & Turvey 2018
Map of Madagascar showing where specimens have been found
Synonyms
Flacourtia Andrews 1895 Aepyornis modestus Milne-Edwards & Grandidier 1869 Mullerornis agilis Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1894 Mullerornis betsilei Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1894 Mullerornis rudis Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1894 [1] Flacourtia rudis (Milne-Edwards & Grandidier 1894) Andrews 1895 ?Mullerornis grandis Lamberton 1934
Mullerornis modestus Mullerornis
^ Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)
Last Update: 2024-06-24T05:51:15Z
Mullerornis modestus is an extinct species of elephant bird, and the only member of the genus Mullerornis . The genus is named after Georges Muller, a...
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Last Update: 2024-06-21T13:59:50Z
described in Mullerornis . Recent work has restricted the number of elephant bird species to three, with two in Aepyornis, one in Mullerornis . Order Aepyornithiformes...
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Last Update: 2024-06-17T05:46:51Z
Aepyornis modestus a senior synonym of all Mullerornis nominal species, making modestus the epithet of the Mullerornis type species. However, later DNA studies...
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Last Update: 2024-02-09T20:20:21Z
Name Species Status Distribution Lesser elephant bird Mullerornis modestus EX Madagascar...
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Last Update: 2024-06-17T16:47:31Z
Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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Last Update: 2024-03-25T04:58:47Z
Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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Last Update: 2024-06-21T12:30:55Z
Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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Last Update: 2024-06-17T20:12:43Z
hildebrandti † Giant elephant bird, Aepyornis maximus † Lesser elephant bird, Mullerornis modestus † Southern brown kiwi, Apteryx australis Stewart Island tokoeka...
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Last Update: 2024-05-04T06:21:11Z
other species of Aepyornis as well as three species of the smaller genus Mullerornis . All these species went into decline following the arrival of humans...
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Last Update: 2024-05-21T16:39:03Z
Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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Last Update: 2023-11-19T15:02:48Z
Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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Last Update: 2024-05-23T23:41:50Z
Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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Last Update: 2024-06-28T13:50:34Z
Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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Last Update: 2024-01-13T17:50:37Z
Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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Last Update: 2023-05-11T23:18:40Z
Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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Last Update: 2024-02-27T05:16:02Z
Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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Last Update: 2024-05-08T00:03:48Z
Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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Last Update: 2024-06-24T07:38:10Z
94 kg (207 lb) Phorusrhacidae (terror birds) Cariamiformes Miocene 25 Mullerornis modestus 80 kg (180 lb) Mullerornithidae (lesser elephant birds) Aepyornithiformes...
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Last Update: 2024-04-24T04:35:13Z
Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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Last Update: 2024-06-29T10:16:21Z
bird Phorusrhacos longissmus 94 kg (207 lb) 23 Lesser elephant bird Mullerornis modestus 80 kg (180 lb) 24 Heavy-footed moa Pachyornis elephantopus 80 kg...
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Last Update: 2024-06-04T01:27:11Z
Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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Last Update: 2024-04-13T20:49:40Z
Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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Last Update: 2024-05-29T02:42:56Z
Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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Last Update: 2024-05-29T04:16:06Z
Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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Last Update: 2024-06-20T14:08:44Z
Aepyornis hildebrandti (Madagascar, 17th century?) Lesser elephant bird, Mullerornis modestus (Madagascar, 17th century?) Ducks, geese and swans Anatidae –...
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Last Update: 2024-03-03T06:51:01Z
Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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Last Update: 2024-06-24T05:40:50Z
hildebrandti †Mullerornithidae - lesser elephant birds †Mullerornis Lesser elephant bird, Mullerornis modestus The moa of New Zealand †Emeidae – lesser moa...
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Last Update: 2024-06-18T20:37:07Z
commonly cited 1658 account by Étienne de Flacourt could as well be of Mullerornis , or based on second-hand reports of fossil eggs. Buffetaut, E. (2018)...
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