FIND OF MOA BONES
A valuable find of moa bones has been made on the back beach at Riverton by Mr J. Thomson, of Invercargill. The bones are in an excellent, state of preservation and, according to the director of the Southland Museum, Mr J. H. Sorensen, they represent the remains of six birds. One partial skeleton is that of a bird of the Emeus huttoni species and it is hoped to uncover the missing parts of the body, which include the skull. The pelvis of this bird is in particularly good condition. Mr Sorensen has also established that some of the bones are those of the anomalopteryx parvus species. A number of bones are those of a young bird and the fact that there is clear evidence of malignant growth on the tarsus leads to the belief that this growth was the cause of the death of the moa at an early age.
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Southland Times, Issue 23988, 1 December 1939, Page 6
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154FIND OF MOA BONES Southland Times, Issue 23988, 1 December 1939, Page 6
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