Dromaius novaehollandiae

Emu

This emu footprint comes from fossil sand dune sediments near Ceduna at the top of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It is one of several emu footprints known from the sediments that make up the Bridgewater Formation and Tamala Limestone that crop out along much of the southern Australian coastline. They can usually be distinguished from footprints made by Genyornis as emu prints have a claw impression at the end of each digit and the angle between digits is often lower.

Skeletal element: Pes print (left)
Specimen number: FU2807
Significance of specimen: Emu footprints are relatively common within this formation
Geological age: Late Pleistocene, Bridgewater Formation
State/territory: South Australia
Locality/site: West of Ceduna