Struthio coppensi

Struthio coppensi is an extinct species of ostrich located near Elisabethfeld, Namibia. This Ostrich is believed to have lived during the Miocene, about 20 mya, and is the oldest member of the Struthio genus.[2]

Struthio coppensi
Temporal range: early Miocene Early Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Struthioniformes
Family: Struthionidae
Genus: Struthio
Species:
S. coppensi
Binomial name
Struthio coppensi
Mourer-Chauviré et al. 1996[1]

Footnotes

  1. Bibi, F., et al. (2006)
  2. Mourer-Chauvire, C. et al. (1996).

References

  • 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.
  • Mourer-Chauvire, C.; Senut, B.; Pickford, M.; Mein, P. (1996). "Le plus ancien représentant du genre Struthio (Aves, Struthionidae), Struthio coppensi n. sp., du Miocène inférieur de Namibie" [The oldest member of the genus Struthio (Aves, Struthionidae) Struthio coppensi n. sp., from the Miocene of Namibia]. Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences (in French). 322 (4): 325–332. ISSN 1251-8050.


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