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Emeidae

Osteichthyes - 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
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2009-03-25

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—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)
superorderApterygimorphae
orderDinornithiformes
familyEmeidae
familyEmeidae

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 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: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

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 - Holocene2.58 - 0.0New Zealand Pachyornis sp., Pachyornis elephantopus, Euryapteryx geranoides, Anomalopteryx didiformis, Pachyornis australis (182839)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) Emeidae indet., Pachyornis elephantopus, Emeus crassus (87810) Pachyornis elephantopus (87806) Pachyornis elephantopus, Euryapteryx geranoides, Emeus crassus (87814)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Pachyornis elephantopus, Euryapteryx geranoides (87804)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0New 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)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New 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)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New 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)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (North Otago) Pachyornis elephantopus, Emeus crassus (87790)