Casuarius lydekkeri, also called the pygmy cassowary, is an extinct species of cassowary.
| Casuarius lydekkeri Temporal range: Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Casuariiformes |
| Family: | Casuariidae |
| Genus: | Casuarius |
| Species: | C. lydekkeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Casuarius lydekkeri Rothschild, 1911[1]
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Distribution and habitat edit
Casuarius lydekkeri was distributed in New South Wales during the Pleistocene, its bones being found in caves near Wellington significantly further south than extant cassowaries, which are confined to Far North Queensland and Melbourne.[2] It is also known from deposits from the central highlands, Papua New Guinea.[3]
References edit
- ^ Rothschild, Walter (1911). Schalow, Herman (ed.). On the former and present distribution of the so-called Ratitae or ostrich-like birds and a description of a new form by C. W. Andrews. Verhandlungen des V. Internationaler Ornithologen-Kongresses, in Berlin 30. Mai bis 4. Juni 1910 (PDF). Deutsche Ornithologische Gesellschaft. pp. 144–169.
- ^ Miller, Alden H. (19 June 1962). "The history and significance of the fossil Casuarius lydekkeri". Records of the Australian Museum. 25 (10): 235–238. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.25.1962.662. ISSN 0067-1975.
- ^ Rich, P.V.; Plane, Michael & Schroeder, Natalie (1988). "A pygmy cassowary (Casuarius lydekkeri) from late Pleistocene bog deposits at Pureni, Papua New Guinea" (PDF). BMR Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics. 10 (4): 377–389.
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