- Emuarius
Taxobox
name = "Emuarius"
regnum =Animal ia
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 flightlessbird fromAustralia that lived during the earlyMiocene and lateOligocene . It is one of two known genra ofemu . 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
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