Aves - Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
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
Belongs to Struthio according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also del Hoyo et al. 2014, Lambrecht 1933, Linnaeus 1758, Manegold and Brink 2011, Mourer-Chauvire and Geraads 2008 and Varricchio 2002
Sister taxa: Struthio anderssoni, Struthio asiaticus, Struthio barbarus, Struthio bradydactylus, Struthio chersonensis, Struthio coppensi, Struthio karatheodoris, Struthio linxiaensis, Struthio molybdophanes, Struthio mongolicus, Struthio wimani, Struthiolithus chersonensis, Struthio (Pachystruthio) pannonicus
Subtaxa: Struthio camelus australis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (3 collections), Egypt (2), Niger (2), South Africa (12), Sudan (5), Tanzania (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of India (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
Total: 27 collections including 28 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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