After Olson, 1985, Feduccia, 1980, 1997, Sibley & Monroe, 1990 and Peterson, 2002-2003
<==o Casuariformes (Forbes, 1884) (emus and casuars; kasuaarilinnut) |?- †“Dromaius” gidju |--o Casuariidae Kaup, 1847 (casuars; kasuaarit) | `--o Casuarius (casuars; kasuaarit) | |?- †C. sp. Rich & van Tets, 1983; L. Plio. Aust. [NG] | |--o C. casuarius (Linnaeus, 1758) (kypäräkasuaari) | | |-- C. c. casuarius | | |-- C. c. bicarunculatus | | |-- C. c. tricarunculatus | | |-- C. c. lateralis | | |-- C. c. sclaterii | | |-- C. c. aruensis | | |-- C. c. violicollis | | `-- C. c. johnsonii | |--o C. unappendiculatus Blyth, 1860 (yksipussikasuaari) | | |-- C. u. rothschildi | | |-- C. u. philipi | | |-- C. u. unappendiculatus | | |-- C. u. occipitalis | | |-- C. u. rufotinctus | | `-- C. u. aurentiacus | `--o C. bennetti Gould, 1858 (bennettinkasuaari) | |-- C. b. papuanus Schlegel, 1871 | |-- C. b. goodfellowi | |-- C. b. claudii | |-- C. b. hecki | |-- C. b. picticollis | |-- C. b. bennetti | `-- C. b. shawmayeri `--o Dromaiidae Richmond, 1908 (emus; emut) `--o Dromaius Vieillot, 1816 (emus; emut) |-- †D. ocypus (AH Miller, 1963) [Casuarius ocypus AH Miller, 1963] L. Plio. Aust. |-- †D. ater Vieillot, 1817 [=? †D. minor] (Black emu; mustaemu) |-- †D. baudinianus Parker, 1984 (kengurusaarenemu) `--o D. novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) (emu) |-- †D. n. diemenensis Le Souef, 1907 |-- D. n. woodwardi |-- D. n. rothchildi (Mathews, 1912) `-- D. n. novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790)
Reference(s):
- Feduccia, A., 1980: The Age of Birds.
–Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England, 1980, IX-196 - Feduccia, A., 1996: The Origin and Evolution of Birds.
–Yale University Press, Hew Haven, 1996 - Olson, S. L., 1985: The fossil record of birds. 79-239.
in Farner, D., King, J. & Parkes, K. (eds.), 1985: Avian Biology. vol VIII.
–Academic Press, New York. 1985. - Peterson, A. P., 2002-: Zoonomen Nomenclatural data of Birds. (Updated: 2003-10-13)
–iNet: Zoonomen Nomenclatural data: http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/frame.html; [visited: 2003-10-14] - Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, B. L., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
–Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. xxiv-1111.