Emuarius

Taxobox
name = "Emuarius"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Struthioniformes
familia = Casuariidae
genus = "Emuarius"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Emuarius guljaruba" Boles 2002
"Emuarius gidju"

"Emuarius" is an extinct genus of flightless bird from Australia that lived during the early Miocene and late Oligocene. It is one of two known genra of emu. There are two known species in the genus, "Emuarius gidju" and "Emuarius guljaruba". The birds in this genus are known as emuwaries.

References

*Wildlife of Gondwana: Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from the Ancient Supercontinent (Life of the Past) by Pat Vickers Rich, Thomas Hewitt Rich, Francesco Coffa, and Steven Morton
*Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime (Life of the Past) by Peter F. Murray, Patricia Vickers-Rich, and Pat Vickers Rich