Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Euornithes
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Ornithurae
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Palaeognathae
Ordo: Casuariiformes
Familia: Casuariidae
Subfamilia: Dromaiinae
Genus: Dromaius
Species: D. novaehollandiae
Species extinctae: †D. arleyekweke – †D. ocypus
Name
Dromaius Vieillot, 1816: 70
Synonyms
Metapteryx De Vis, 1892: 453
Peronista Mathews, 1912
References
Primary references
Vieillot, L.J.P. 1816. Analyse d'une nouvelle ornithologie élémentaire. 70 pp. Paris: Deterville. Original description p.54 BHL Reference page. p.70
De Vis, C.W. 1892. Residue of the extinct birds of Queensland as yet detected. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (2), 6: 437–456, plates XXIII–XXIV. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
Patterson, C. & Rich, P.V. 1987. The fossil history of the emus, Dromaius (Aves: Dromaiinae). Records of the South Australian Museum 21(2): 85–117. BHL Reference page.
Worthy, T.E. & Nguyen, J.M.T. 2020. An annotated checklist of the fossil birds of Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 144(1): 66–108 DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2020.1756560 Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: Dromaius
Esperanto: Dromiceo
español: Emúes
suomi: Emut
italiano: Dromaius
日本語: エミュー属
lietuvių: Emu
Nederlands: Emoes
русский: Эму
svenska: Emuer
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