Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
   Subclass Ornithurae Haeckel, 1866 see Clade Ornithurae Haeckel 1866 [Gauthier 1986] {Chiappe 1991}
     Infraclass Ratitae (Merrem, 1813) P. Brodkorb, 1963 see Parvclass Ratitae (Merrem, 1813)
       Order ‡Dinornithiformes Gadow, 1893 - moas
         Family ‡Emeidae Bonaparte, 1854 - emeid moas
           Subfamily ‡Emeinae Bonaparte see Family Emeidae Bonaparte, 1854
             Genus ‡Emeus Reichenbach, [1852]