Name - Aepyornis maximus

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:443415 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Aepyornis maximus Geoffroy 1850

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Species

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Useful old casts: a comment on Hansford & Turvey (2018), 'Unexpected diversity within the extinct elephant birds (Aves: Aepyornithidae)'.
• Bone histology yields insights into the biology of the extinct elephant birds (Aepyornithidae) from Madagascar.
• Late Holocene spread of pastoralism coincides with endemic megafaunal extinction on Madagascar.
• Contrasting Patterns of Sensory Adaptation in Living and Extinct Flightless Birds.
• Dietary isotopes of Madagascar's extinct megafauna reveal holocene browsing and grazing guilds.

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