| Casuarius lydekkeri Temporal range: Pleistocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Casuariiformes |
| Family: | Casuariidae |
| Genus: | Casuarius |
| Species: | C. lydekkeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Casuarius lydekkeri Rothschild, 1911 [1] | |
Casuarius lydekkeri, also called the pygmy cassowary, is an extinct species of cassowary.
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. [2] It is also known from deposits from the central highlands, Papua New Guinea. [3]
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