Struthio dmanisensis

Struthio dmanisensis
Temporal range: Late Pliocene–Early Pleistocene

Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Struthioniformes
Family: Struthionidae
Genus: Struthio
Species: S. dmanisensis
Binomial name
Struthio dmanisensis
Gabunia, et al. 2000[1]

Giant ostrich (Struthio dmanisensis) is an extinct Eurasian species of ostrich which lived in the Late Pliocene to the Early Pleistocene of Georgia.[2] It was one of the largest members of the genus Struthio.[3]

Footnotes

  1. Zicha, Ondrej (1999)
  2. beautyofbirds.com (2010)
  3. Gabunia, L. et al. (2000)

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