Eastern moa
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| Skeleton in Musee des Confluences, Lyon |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Aves |
| Infraclass: |
Palaeognathae |
| Order: |
†Dinornithiformes |
| Family: |
†Emeidae |
| Genus: |
†Emeus
Reichenbach, 1852 |
| Species: |
†E. crassus |
| Binomial name |
†Emeus crassus
( Owen, 1846) Reichenbach 1853 non Parker 1895 |
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| Synonyms |
- Dinornis crassus Owen, 1846
- Syornis crassus (Owen 1846) Hutton 1891
- Euryapteryx crassus (Owen 1846) Hutton 1896 non Benham 1910
- Dinornis casuarinus Owen, 1846
- Dinornis huttonii Owen, 1846 (male)
- Emeus huttonii (Owen 1879) Oliver, 1930
- Megalapteryx huttoni (Owen 1879) Rothschild 1907
- Dinornis major (Hutton, 1875)
- Dinornis rheides (Owen, 1851)
- Cela rheides (Owen 1850) Rothschild 1907
- Dinornis casuarinus Oliver 1846
- Emeus casuarinus (Oliver, 1930)
- Syornis casuarinus (Owen 1846) bach 1850
- Anomalopteryx casuarina (Owen 1846) Lydekker 1891
- Mesopteryx casuarina (Owen 1846) Parker 1895
- Meionornis casuarinus (Owen 1846) Hutton 1896
- Cela casuarinus (Owen 1846) Rothschild 1907
- Mesopteryx didina Hutton 1893 non Dinornis didinus Owen 1883
- Meionornis didinus (Hutton 1893) Hutton 1896 non Dinornis didinus Owen 1883
- Meionornis Haast, 1874
- Mesopteryx Hutton, 1891
- Syornis Reichenbach, 1850
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The eastern moa (Emeus crassus) is an extinct species of moa that was endemic to New Zealand.