After Worthy, 1994, Bunce, Worthy, Ford, Hoppitt, Willerslev, Drummond & Cooper, 2003, and Huynen, Millar, Scofield & Lambert, 2003

Dinornis Owen, 1843
        †Palapteryx Owen, 1851

            †Dinornis novaezealandiae Owen, 1843; in partimDinornis struthoides Owen, 1844a
            †Dinornis ingens Owen, 1844a
            †Dinornis giganteus Owen, 1844a, b
            †Dinornis dromioides Owen, 1846b; in partimDinornis ingens Owen, 1946b
            †Dinornis struthoides Owen, 1846b
            †Dinornis ingens var. robustus Owen, 1846b
            †Dinornis giganteus Owen, 1846b
            †Dinornis gigas Owen, 1846b
            †Palapteryx robustus Owen, 1851a
            †Dinornis giganteus Owen, 1851b
            †Dinornis ingens Owen, 1852
            †Dinornis giganteus (pullus) Owen, 1852
            †Dinornis gracilis Owen, 1855
            †Dinornis struthoides Owen, 1856
            †Dinornis gracilis Owen, 1856
            †Dinornis robustus Owen, 1858
            †Dinornis giganteus Owen, 1858
            †Palapteryx ingens (Owen) Jäger, 1863
            †Palapteryx ingens Jaeger, 1864
            †Dinornis robustus Owen, 1866
            †Dinornis robustus Owen, 1867
            †Dinornis maximus Owen, 1867; nomen nudumDinornis robustus Owen, 1869a
            †Dinornis maximus Owen, 1896b
            †Dinornis ingens Haast, 1869 [Dinornis potens Hutton]
            †Dinornis robustus Haast, 1869
            †Dinornis gracilis Haast, 1869
            †Dinornis maximus Haast, 1869
            †Dinornis struthoides Haast, 1869
            †Dinornis maximus Haast, 1870
            †Dinornis ingens Owen, 1870
            †Dinornis ingens Hutton, 1875
            †Dinornis robustus Hutton, 1875
            †Dinornis struthoides Hutton, 1875
            †Dinornis maximus Owen, 1877
            †Dinornis maximus Rowley, 1878
            †Dinornis altus Owen, 1879
            †Dinornis novaezealandiae Lydekker, 1891
            †Dinornis maximus Lydekker, 1891
            †Dinornis struthoides Lydekker, 1891
            †Dinornis robustus Lydekker, 1891
            †Dinornis gracilis Lydekker, 1891
            †Dinornis robustus Hutton, 1891
            †Dinornis potens Hutton, 1891
            †Dinornis ingens Hutton, 1891
            †Dinornis struthoides Hutton, 1891
            †Dinornis torosus Hutton, 1891; in partimPalapteryx plenus Hutton, 1891
            †Dinornis giganteus Hutton, 1891
            †Dinornis altus Hutton, 1891
            †Dinornis maximus Hutton, 1891
            †Dinornis validus Hutton, 1891
            †Dinornis excelsus Hutton, 1891
            †Dinornis firmus Hutton, 1891
            †Dinornis potens Hutton, 1892
            †Dinornis robustus Hutton, 1892
            †Dinornis gracilis Hutton, 1892; in partimDinornis torosus Hutton, 1892; in partimDinornis struthoides Hutton, 1892
            †Palapteryx dromioides Hutton, 1892; in partimPalapteryx plenus Hutton, 1892
            †Dinornis altus Hutton, 1892
            †Dinornis maximus Hutton, 1892
            †Dinornis excelsus Hutton, 1892
            †Dinornis validus Hutton, 1892
            †Dinornis giganteus Hutton, 1892
            †Dinornis robustus Hutton, 1892; in partimDinornis firmus Hutton, 1892
            †Dinornis strenuus Hutton, 1893
            †Dinornis giganteus Hector, 1895
            †Dinornis robustus Parker, 1895
            †Dinornis torosus Parker, 1895; in partimDinornis maximus Parker, 1895
            †Dinornis torosus Hutton, 1896a, b
            †Dinornis robustus Hutton, 1896a, b
            †Dinornis maximus Hutton, 1896a, b, c
            †Dinornis struthoides Hutton, 1897
            †Dinornis ingens Hutton, 1897
            †Dinornis giganteus Hutton, 1897
            †Dinornis gracilis Rothschild, 1907
            †Dinornis ingens Rothschild, 1907
            †Dinornis novaezealandiae Rothschild, 1907
            †Dinornis giganteus Rothschild, 1907
            †Dinornis maximus Rothschild, 1907
            †Dinornis altus Rothschild, 1907
            †Dinornis novaezealandiae Archey, 1927
            †Dinornis ingens Archey, 1927
            †Dinornis novaezealandiae Oliver, 1930
            †Dinornis dromioides Oliver, 1930
            †Dinornis ingens Oliver, 1930
            †Dinornis giganteus Oliver, 1930
            †Dinornis maximus Oliver, 1930
            †Dinornis novaezealandiae Lambrecht, 1933
            †Dinornis ingens Lambrecht, 1933
            †Dinornis dromioides Lambrecht, 1933
            †Dinornis giganteus Lambrecht, 1933
            †Dinornis maximus Lambrecht, 1933
            †Dinornis novaezealandiae Archey, 1941
            †Dinornis ingens Archey, 1941
            †Dinornis robustus Archey, 1941
            †Dinornis torosus Archey, 1941; in partimDinornis giganteus Archey, 1941
            †Dinornis maximus Archey, 1941
            †Dinornis gazella Oliver, 1949
            †Dinornis novaezealandiae Oliver, 1949
            †Dinornis torosus Oliver, 1949; in partimDinornis hercules Oliver, 1949
            †Dinornis ingens Oliver, 1949
            †Dinornis robustus Oliver, 1949
            †Dinornis giganteus Oliver, 1949
            †Dinornis maximus Oliver, 1949
            †Dinornis novaezealandiae Brodkorb, 1963; in partim [plenus and strenuus]
            †Dinornis ingens Brodkorb, 1963; in partim [gracilis]
            †Dinornis torosus Brodkorb, 1963; in partimDinornis robustus Brodkorb, 1963
            †Dinornis hercules Brodkorb, 1963
            †Dinornis gazella Brodkorb, 1963
            †Dinornis giganteus Brodkorb, 1963
            †Dinornis maximus Brodkorb, 1963
            †Dinornis gazella Scarlett, 1972
            †Dinornis torosus Scarlett, 1972; in partimDinornis hercules Scarlett, 1972; in partimDinornis struthoides Scarlett, 1972
            †Dinornis novaezelandiae Scarlett, 1972
            †Dinornis robustus Scarlett; 1972
            †Dinornis giganteus Scarlett; 1972
            †Dinornis maximus Scarlett; 1972
            †Dinornis torosus Cracraft, 1976; in partimDinornis struthoides Cracraft, 1976
            †Dinornis novaezelandiae Cracraft, 1976
            †Dinornis torosus Cracraft, 1976; in partimDinornis giganteus Cracraft, 1976
            †Dinornis struthoides Yaldwyn, 1979 [gazella]
            †Dinornis novaezealandiae Yaldwyn, 1979 [= hercules]
            †Dinornis struthoides Worthy, 1988a
            †Dinornis novaezealandiae Worthy, 1988a
            †Dinornis giganteus Worthy, 1988a
            †Dinornis struthoides Worthy, 1994
            †Dinornis novaezealandiae Worthy, 1994
            †Dinornis giganteus Worthy, 1994
            †Dinornis struthoides Holdaway, Worthy & Tennyson, 2001
            †Dinornis novaezealandiae Holdaway, Worthy & Tennyson, 2001
            †Dinornis giganteus Holdaway, Worthy & Tennyson, 2001
            †Dinornis novaezelandiae Bunce, Worthy, Ford, Hoppitt, Willerslev, Drummond & Cooper, 2003
            †Dinornis robustus Bunce, Worthy, Ford, Hoppitt, Willerslev, Drummond & Cooper, 2003

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