Brief Description |
A fibula, the splint-like bone that runs down the side of the tibiotarsus or shin bone in a moa. This bone was collected during a Museum excavation in 1936–37 from a mud hole near Makirikiri, Whanganui. The North Island Giant Moa (Dinornis novaezealandiae), found throughout North Island forests, was one of two giant moa species. Females stretched up 3 m high, and DNA evidence from bones shows that they were twice the size of males. Giant moa were hunted to extinction 500 years ago.
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