Struthio coppensi

Struthio coppensi Temporal range: early Miocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Miocene
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Struthioniformes
Family:	Struthionidae
Genus:	Struthio
Species:	† S. coppensi
Binomial name
*Struthio coppensi* Mourer-Chauviré, Senut, Pickford, & Mein, 1996^[1]

Struthio coppensi is an extinct species of ratite bird from the Miocene of Namibia.^[2]

Footnotes

^ Palaeo electronic
^ Leonard, L.M. et. al (2006)

References

Leonard, Leona M.; Dyke, Gareth J.; Walker, Cyril A. (Aug 2006). "New specimens of a fossil ostrich from the Miocene of Kenya". Journal of African Earth Sciences 45 (4-5): 391–394. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.03.007. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VDT-4K0FK18-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=82660caa631055fef6076b2537fd0bab.
Bibi, Faysal; Shabel, Alan B.; Kraatz, Brian P.; Stidham, Thomas A. (2006). "New Fossil Ratite (Aves: Palaeognathae) Eggshell Discoveries from the Late Miocene Baynunah Foramation of the United Arab Emirates, Arabian Peninsula" (PDF). Palaeontologia Electronica 9 (1). ISSN 1094-8074. http://palaeo-electronica.org/2006_1/eggshell/eggs.pdf.