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Emuarius gidju

Reptilia - Casuariiformes - Casuariidae

Taxonomy
Dromaius gidju was named by Patterson and Rich (1987). Its type specimen is SAMP26779, a set of limb elements (associated distal tibiotarsal fragment, proximal tarsometatarsus, and complete set of pedal phalanges), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Leaf locality, Lake Ngapakaldi, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Wipajiri Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Emuarius gidju by Boles (1991), Mayr (2009) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Dromaius gidju Patterson and Rich
1991Emuarius gidju Boles
2009Emuarius gidju Mayr p. 33
2020Emuarius gidju Worthy and Nguyen p. 69

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
superorderPalaeognathaePycraft 1900
—Ratitae(Merrem 1813)
superorderCasuariimorphae
orderCasuariiformes
familyCasuariidaeKaup 1847
subfamilyDromaiinae
genusEmuariusBoles 1991
speciesgidju()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Emuarius gidju Patterson and Rich 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Australia (South Australia) Dromaius gidju (type locality: 13313)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Australia (Queensland) Dromaius gidju (183096)