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Emeus

Reptilia - Dinornithiformes - Emeidae

Taxonomy
Emeus was named by Riechenbach (1852).

It was assigned to Anomalopterygidae by Lambrecht (1933) and Wetmore (1960); to Dinornithidae by Carroll (1988); and to Emeidae by Worthy (1997) and Bunce et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Emeus Riechenbach
1933Emeus Lambrecht p. 145
1960Emeus Wetmore p. 24
1988Emeus Carroll
1997Emeus Worthy p. 95
2009Emeus Bunce et al.

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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)
—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
genusEmeusRiechenbach 1852

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.

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
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, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) E. crassus (87810 87814)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) E. crassus (215391 215392 215410 215411 215412 215413 215414 215612)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (North Otago) E. crassus (87790)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand E. crassus (100554 194618) E. sp., E. crassus (215577)