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Cassowaries - order or family? (1 Viewer)

Melanie

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Well some people say, cassowaries are dinosaurs. But my question is as followed. In 2008 Christides and Bowles regarded Casuariiformes as own order for the families Casuariidae and Dromaiidae. This was also adapted by Beehler and Pratt (Birds of New Guinea, 2014). In another taxonomic rewiew (Winkler et al 2015) the cassowaries still belong to Struthioniformes. What are the current studies that regarded the cassowaries either in its own order or as members of the order Struthioniformes?
 
This is what Zelenkov, 2015 has to say:

Парвкласс Palaeognathae Pycraft, 1900 (Parvclass)
Надотряд Lithornithimorphae Zelenkov, nom. nov. (Superordo)
Отряд Lithornithiformes Houde, 1988 (Ordo)
†Семейство Lithornithidae Houde, 1988 (Familia)
Надотряд Struthionimorphae Livezey et Zusi, 2007 (Superordo)
Отряд Struthioniformes Latham, 1970 (sic = 1790; Ordo)
Семейство Struthionidae Vigors, 1825 (Familia)
Отряд Aepyornithiformes Newton, 1884 (Ordo)
†Семейство Aepyornithidae Bonaparte, 1853 (Familia)
Надотряд Tinamimorphae Cracraft, 2013 (Superordo)
Отряд Dinornithiformes Gadow, 1893 (Ordo)
†Семейство Emeidae Bonaparte, 1854 (Familia)
†Семейство Megalapterygidae Bunce et al., 2010 (Familia; = Bunce, Worthy, Phillips, Holdaway, Willerslev, Haile, Shapiro, Scofield, Drummond, Kamp et Cooper, 2010)
†Семейство Dinornithidae Bonaparte, 1849 (Familia)
Отряд Tinamiformes Huxley, 1872 (Ordo)
Семейство Tinamidae Gray, 1840 (Familia)
Надотряд Rheimorphae Cracraft, 2013 (Superordo)
Отряд Rheiformes Forbes, 1884 (Ordo)
Семейство Rheidae Bonaparte, 1849 (Familia)
Надотряд Casuariimorphae Livezey et Zusi, 2007 (Superordo)
Отряд Casuariiformes Forbes, 1884 (Ordo)
Семейство Casuariidae Kaup, 1847 (Familia)
Отряд Apterygiformes Haeckel, 1866 (Ordo)
Семейство Apterygidae Gray, 1840 (Familia)
Palaeognathae incertae cedis
†Семейство Palaeotididae Peters, 1988 (Familia)
†Семейство Remiornithidae Martin, 1992 (Familia)

Zelenkov N.V. The nomenclature of the avian skeleton // Fossil vertebrates of Russia and adjacent countries. Fossil reptiles and birds. Part 3. Eds. E.N. Kurochkin, A.V. Lopatin, N.V. Zelenkov. Moscow: GEOS. P. 61-85. [in Russian] pdf (complete book): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/29997434/Fossil reptiles and birds Pt 3 2015.pdf

Have fun,

Fred
 
This is what Zelenkov, 2015 has to say:
Interesting list. (And book... ;) Thanks, Fred.)

†Семейство Lithornithidae Houde, 1988 (Familia) - [OD]
Семейство Struthionidae Vigors, 1825 (Familia) - [OD]
†Семейство Aepyornithidae Bonaparte, 1853 (Familia) - [OD]
†Семейство Emeidae Bonaparte, 1854 (Familia) - [OD]
†Семейство Megalapterygidae Bunce et al., 2010 - [OD] but [this particular issue of PNAS] bears the date "December 8, 2009": was it published in 2010? (Assuming that the 2010 source is not wholly distinct, and that the name was not established earlier as a subfamily, which the text actually suggests...)
†Семейство Dinornithidae Bonaparte, 1849 (Familia) - original not online and not seen by me; reprint from 1851 with, I think, the same content: [here]
Семейство Tinamidae Gray, 1840 (Familia) - [OD]
Семейство Rheidae Bonaparte, 1849 (Familia) - used earlier by Jameson 1839 [OD]
Семейство Casuariidae Kaup, 1847 (Familia) - used earlier by Jameson 1839 [OD]
Семейство Apterygidae Gray, 1840 (Familia) - [OD]
†Семейство Palaeotididae Peters, 1988 (Familia) - no: Houde & Haubold 1987 [OD] (p.32, as a subfamily) are the authors that must be cited (Peters merely used the name at the family rank).
†Семейство Remiornithidae Martin, 1992 (Familia) - original not seen by me, if anyone knows where to find it...
 
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†Семейство Remiornithidae Martin, 1992 (Familia) - original not seen by me, if anyone knows where to find it...

In another thread, Fred said he could supply PDFs from the source publication (Martin, L. D. 1992. The status of the Late Paleocene birds Gastornis and Remiornis. in Papers in Avian Paleontology, honoring Pierce Brodkorb. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles County, Science Series no. 36:97-108.):

Los Angeles, 28-30 September 1988
Proceedings: Campbell, K.E. Jr. (Ed.) 1992. Papers in Avian Paleontology. Honoring Pierce Brodkorb.Sci. Ser., Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 36. 491 pp.

You can ask me for the pdf's at [email protected]

Fred Ruhe
 
TiF Update July 8, 2017

Emus: The Dromaiidae (Emus) have been merged into the Casuariidae (cassowaries) because the split between them seems fairly recent. The molecular dates in Phillips et al. (2010) and in Haddrath and Baker (2012) already suggested they were so closely related that they could be treated as a single family. More precise dating by Prum et al. (2015) placed the split at about 10 million years ago, too close to even rank them as subfamilies. Note that I have not updated the family pdf, which will soon get additional changes.
[The 46 Orders, Paleognathae, 3.02]
 
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