Dromaiidae
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Dromaius Temporal range: Miocene–present |
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| Dromaius novaehollandiae | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Casuariiformes |
| Family: | Dromaiidae |
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Dromaius Vieillot, 1816 |
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Dromaius novaehollandiae Latham, 1790 |
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D. novaehollandiae (Latham 1790) Vieillot 1816 |
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| Geographic distribution of emu taxa and historic shoreline reconstructions around Tasmania | |
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Dromiceius (sic) Vieillot, 1816 |
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D. novaehollandiae (Latham 1790) Vieillot 1816
†D. baudinianus Parker 1984
†D. ocypus (Miller 1963)
Dromiceius (sic) Vieillot, 1816
Dromæus (sic) Ranzani, 1821
Dromicejus (sic) Wagler, 1830
Dromiceus (sic) Wagler, 1830
Dromiceus (sic) Swainson, 1837
Dromaeus (sic) Agassiz, 1842
Dromajus (sic) Thienemann, 1845
Dromaeius (sic) Bonaparte, 1856
Dromeicus (sic) A. Newton,1893
Emou Griffith & Pidgeon, 1829
Peronista Mathews, 1912
Tachea Fleming, 1822
Dromaius is a genus of ratite present in Australia. There is one extant species, Dromaius novaehollandiae commonly known as the emu.
In his original 1816 description of the emu, Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot used two generic names; first Dromiceius, then Dromaius a few pages later. It has been a point of contention ever since which is correct; the latter is more correctly formed, but the convention in taxonomy is that the first name given stands, unless it is clearly a typographical error. Most modern publications, including those of the Australian government, use Dromaius, with Dromiceius mentioned as an alternative spelling. Others misspelling synonyms are descript for genus (see synonyms in taxobox). However, the Dromiceius spelling was used by Dale Russell in his 1972 naming of the dinosaur Dromiceiomimus.
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