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EMUS |
Extinct birds |
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DODOES |
Extinct birds |
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MOAS |
Extinct birds |
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DADOES |
Extinct birds |
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DODOS |
Extinct birds |
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ORNITHOPAPPI |
An extinct order of birds. It includes only the
Archaeopteryx. |
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DINORNIS |
A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size,
which formerly inhabited New Zealand. See Moa. |
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ODONTOTORMAE |
An order of extinct toothed birds having the teeth
in sockets, as in the genus Ichthyornis. See Ichthyornis. |
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ORNITHOSCELIDA |
A group of extinct Reptilia, intermediate in
structure (especially with regard to the pelvis) between reptiles and
birds. |
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EPIORNIS |
One of the gigantic ostrichlike birds of the genus
Aepiornis, only recently extinct. Its remains have been found in
Madagascar. |
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SAURURAE |
An extinct order of birds having a long vertebrated
tail with quills along each side of it. Archaeopteryx is the type. See
Archaeopteryx, and Odontornithes. |
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ORTHOPODA |
An extinct order of reptiles which stood erect on
the hind legs, and resembled birds in the structure of the feet,
pelvis, and other parts. |
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ODONTOLCAE |
An extinct order of ostrichlike aquatic birds
having teeth, which are set in a groove in the jaw. It includes
Hesperornis, and allied genera. See Hesperornis. |
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HESPERORNIS |
A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the
Cretaceous deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had
teeth, and were esse... |
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AUK |
A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the
family Alcidae. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca (/ Plautus)
impennis. The razor-... |
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ICHTHYORNIS |
An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the
American Cretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave
vertebrae, and sharp, conic... |
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APTERYX |
...hen, with
only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail;
the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same
... |
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NOTORNIS |
...land. It is supposed to
be now nearly or quite extinct. ... |
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MOA |
Any one of several very large extinct species of wingless
birds belonging to Dinornis, and other related genera, of the suborder
Dinornithes, f... |