1839年,一个叫鲁尔的新西兰外科医生带了一块从未见过的骨骼化石来到伦敦,他希望比较解剖学家欧文能对这块化石做出结论。欧文先认为这是一块牛骨,后来又经过认真研究,才发现这是一种新西兰特有的但尚未定名的化石鸟。后来,鲁尔从在新西兰生活了数百年的毛利人和波利尼西亚人那 In 1839, a New Zealand surgeon named Ruhr came to London with a bone fossil he had never seen before, and he hoped that the anatomist Owen could conclude the piece. Owen first thought it was a bones, and later carefully studied, only to find that this is a unique New Zealand but not yet named fossil birds. Later, Ruhr came from Maori and Polynesians who lived in New Zealand for hundreds of years