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Casuariiformes (cassowary)

Reptilia - Casuariiformes

Taxonomy
Casuariiformes is an order. It is extant.

It was assigned to Neognathae by Wetmore (1960); to Palaeognathae by Carroll (1988); to Casuariimorphae by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Palaeognathae by Mayr (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Casuariiformes Wetmore p. 23
1988Casuariiformes Carroll
2007Casuariiformes Livezey and Zusi p. 89
2022Casuariiformes Mayr p. 29

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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)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—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
orderCasuariiformes

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.

Or. Casuariiformes [cassowary]
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Fm. Casuariidae Kaup 1847
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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. †Emuarius Boles 1991
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†Emuarius gidju Patterson and Rich 1987
†Emuarius guljaruba Boles 2001
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 baudinianus Parker 1984 [Kangaroo island emu]
†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 ocypus Miller 1963
Invalid names: Dromaiidae Richmond 1908 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available