It was a ratite and a member of the order Dinornithiformes.
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The Dinornithiformes are flightless birds with a sternum without a keel.
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The below right is a species level phylogeny of Dinornithiformes.
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There are three extinct groups, the Lithornithiformes, the Dinornithiformes ( moas ) and the Aepyornithiformes ( elephant birds ), that are undisputed members of Palaeognathae.
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Moa belong to the order "'Dinornithiformes "', traditionally placed in the ratite group .-CE 1440 ?20 years, primarily due to overhunting by Mori.
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"' Notopalaeognathae "'is a clade that contains the order Rheiformes ( rheas ), the clade Novaeratitae ( birds such as the kiwis and the emus ), the order Tinamiformes ( tinamous ) and the extinct order Dinornithiformes ( the moas ).
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