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Casuariidae
Taxonomy
Casuariidae was named by Kaup (1847). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ratitae by De Vis (1892); to Palaeognathae by Mayr (2009); to Struthioniformes by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Casuariiformes by Lambrecht (1933), Carroll (1988), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Ratitae by De Vis (1892); to Palaeognathae by Mayr (2009); to Struthioniformes by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Casuariiformes by Lambrecht (1933), Carroll (1988), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Clements et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1847 | Casuariidae Kaup |
| 1892 | Casuaridae De Vis p. 455 |
| 1933 | Casuariidae Lambrecht p. 111 |
| 1988 | Casuariidae Carroll |
| 2007 | Casuariidae Livezey and Zusi p. 89 |
| 2009 | Casuariidae Mayr p. 33 |
| 2014 | Casuariidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Casuariidae Clements et al. |
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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.
Fm. Casuariidae Kaup 1847
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Subfm. Casuariinae
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G. Casuarius Brisson 1760 [cassowary]
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Casuarius bennetti Gould 1857 [Dwarf cassowary]
Casuarius casuarius Linnaeus 1758 [Southern cassowary]
†Casuarius lydekkeri Rothschild 1891
Casuarius unappendiculatus Blyth 1860 [Northern cassowary]
Subfm. Dromaiinae
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G. Dromaius Vieillot 1816 [emu]
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†Dromaius arleyekweke Yates and Worthy 2019
†Dromaius minor Spencer 1906 [King island emu]
Dromaius novaehollandiae Latham 1790 [Common emu]
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†Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis Le Souëf 1904
†Dromaius novaehollandiae minor Spencer and Kershaw 1910
Invalid names: Dromaius gracilipes De Vis 1892 [synonym], Dromaius patricius De Vris 1888 [synonym], Metapteryx bifrons De Vis 1892 [synonym]
†Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus Parker 1984 [Kangaroo island emu]
†Dromaius ocypus Miller 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma
Collections (18 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | Dromaius gidju (13313) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Dromaius gidju (183096) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | Dromaius sp. (13314) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | Dromaius arleyekweke (135707) Dromaius sp. (13315) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (Queensland) | Dromaius novaehollandiae (13318) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (South Australia) | Dromaius novaehollandiae, Dromaius sp. (13317) | |
| Pliocene | Australia (South Australia) | Dromaius ocypus (13316) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Papua New Guinea (Morobe) | Casuarius sp. (36266) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Dromaius novaehollandiae (28298 136073 136076) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Dromaius novaehollandiae (28364) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Dromaius novaehollandiae (210195 210197) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | Australia (Victoria) | Dromaius sp. (92836) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Dromaius novaehollandiae (182079) Dromaius sp. (13319) |