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Emeidae

Reptilia - Dinornithiformes - Emeidae

Taxonomy

Emeidae is a family.

It was assigned to Aves by Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003); and to Dinornithiformes by Bunce et al. (2009).

Subtaxa

Anomalopteryx, Emeus, Euryapteryx (syn. Cela), Pachyornis

Synonyms

Anomalopterygidae is a family.

It was synonymized subjectively with Emeidae by Bunce et al. (2009).

It was assigned to Dinornithiformes by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1960) and Livezey and Zusi (2007).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1933	Anomalopterygidae Lambrecht p. 140
1960	Anomalopterygidae Wetmore p. 24
2003	Emeidae Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 443
2007	Anomalopterygidae Livezey and Zusi p. 89
2009	Emeidae Bunce et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
superorder	Palaeognathae	Pycraft 1900
—	Ratitae	(Merrem 1813)
superorder	Apterygimorphae
order	Dinornithiformes
family	Emeidae
family	Emeidae

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. †Emeidae

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G. †Anomalopteryx Reichenbach 1853

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†Anomalopteryx antiquus Hutton 1892

†Anomalopteryx curtus Owen 1847

†Anomalopteryx didiformis Owen 1844

†Anomalopteryx parvus Owen 1883

G. †Emeus Riechenbach 1852

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†Emeus casuarinus Lydekker 1891

†Emeus crassus Owen 1846 [eastern moa]

†Emeus exillis Hutton 1897

†Emeus huttoni Owen 1879

G. †Euryapteryx Haast 1874

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†Euryapteryx geranoides Owen 1848 [Mantell's moa]

†Euryapteryx gravipes Lydekker 1891

†Euryapteryx immanis Lydekker 1891

†Euryapteryx kuranui Oliver 1930

†Euryapteryx ponderosus Hutton 1892

†Euryapteryx pygmaeus Hutton 1892

Invalid names: Cela Reichenbach 1852 [synonym]

G. †Pachyornis Lydekker 1891

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†Pachyornis australis Oliver 1949

†Pachyornis elephantopus Owen 1856 [heavy-footed moa]

Invalid names: Anomalopterygidae [synonym]

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 Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene	2.588 - 0.0	New Zealand	Pachyornis sp., Pachyornis elephantopus, Euryapteryx geranoides, Anomalopteryx didiformis, Pachyornis australis (182839)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	New Zealand (South Island)	Emeidae indet., Pachyornis elephantopus, Emeus crassus (87810) Pachyornis elephantopus (87806) Pachyornis elephantopus, Euryapteryx geranoides, Emeus crassus (87814)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene	0.129 - 0.0	New Zealand (South Island)	Pachyornis elephantopus, Euryapteryx geranoides (87804)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene	0.129 - 0.0	New Zealand	Euryapteryx geranoides, Pachyornis australis (182828) Euryapteryx sp., Anomalopteryx didiformis (182103) Pachyornis elephantopus (182104) Pachyornis elephantopus, Euryapteryx geranoides, Anomalopteryx didiformis (182838) Pachyornis sp., Anomalopteryx didiformis (182833)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	New Zealand	Anomalopteryx didiformis (181849) Emeidae indet., Euryapteryx geranoides, Emeus crassus (194618) Emeidae indet., Pachyornis elephantopus, Euryapteryx geranoides, Emeus crassus (100554) Emeus sp., Pachyornis sp., Pachyornis elephantopus, Euryapteryx geranoides, Emeus crassus (215577) Pachyornis elephantopus (194619) Pachyornis elephantopus, Anomalopteryx didiformis (182106)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	New Zealand (North Otago)	Pachyornis elephantopus, Emeus crassus (87790)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	New Zealand (South Island)	Anomalopteryx casuarina (215553) Anomalopteryx didiformis (215409) Emeidae indet., Pachyornis elephantopus, Euryapteryx geranoides, Emeus crassus, Anomalopteryx didiformis (215392) Emeus crassus (215391 215413 215414) Euryapteryx geranoides (215403) Pachyornis elephantopus, Emeus crassus (215410 215411 215412) Pachyornis elephantopus, Euryapteryx geranoides, Anomalopteryx didiformis (215405) Pachyornis elephantopus, Euryapteryx geranoides, Emeus crassus (215612)