Struthio Linnaeus 1758 (ostrich)

Aves - Struthioniformes - Struthionidae

Synonyms: Pachystruthio Kretzoi 1954, Palaeostruthio Burčak-Abramovič 1953, Struthio (Pachystruthio) Kretzoi 1954, Struthiolithus Brant 1873

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Struthionidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Boev and Spassov 2009, Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Houde 1988, Kampouridis et al. 2020, Koufos et al. 2016, Lambrecht 1933, Mlikovsky 2002, Mourer-Chauviré 2008, Mourer-Chauvire and Geraads 2008 and Varricchio 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Struthio (Pachystruthio) pannonicus Struthio anderssoni Struthio asiaticus Struthio barbarus Struthio bradydactylus Struthio camelus Struthio chersonensis Struthio coppensi Struthio karatheodoris Struthio linxiaensis Struthio molybdophanes Struthio mongolicus Struthio wimani Struthiolithus chersonensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), China (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (3), Egypt (2), Ethiopia (1), Georgia (1), Greece (1), Kenya (1), Morocco (2), Niger (2), South Africa (14), Sudan (5), Tanzania (12), Turkey (1), Turkmenistan (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)

• Pliocene of Egypt (2), Ethiopia (1), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Kenya (3), Kyrgyzstan (1), Malawi (1), Moldova (1), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (2), South Africa (2), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (2), South Africa (2)

• Miocene of Algeria (2), Bulgaria (2), China (1), Greece (4), Iraq (1), Kenya (3), Moldova (1), Morocco (1), South Africa (1), Tunisia (2), Ukraine (6)

Total: 96 collections including 99 occurrences

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