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Struthio camelus (common ostrich)

Reptilia - Struthioniformes - Struthionidae

Taxonomy
Struthio camelus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Subspecies
S. australis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Struthio camelus Linnaeus
1933Struthio camelus Lambrecht p. 108
2002Struthio camelus Varricchio
2008Struthio camelus Mourer-Chauvire and Geraads p. 173
2011Struthio camelus Manegold and Brink p. 21 fig. 2
2014Struthio camelus del Hoyo et al.
2017Struthio camelus Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
superorderPalaeognathaePycraft 1900
orderStruthioniformesLatham 1790
familyStruthionidaeVigors 1825
genusStruthio
speciescamelus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Struthio camelus Linnaeus 1758 [common ostrich]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: herbivoreg
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:08:55
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:08:55
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Witmer and Rose 1991, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Struthio australis (59167)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781India (Punjab) Struthio camelus (236043)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Struthio camelus (21920 21953) Struthio camelus, Struthio australis (21931)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Tanzania Struthio camelus (22188)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Sudan Struthio camelus (21872)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Struthio camelus (22074)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Struthio australis (21711) Struthio camelus (21950)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117South Africa Struthio camelus (198625)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Struthio australis (21709)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Namaqualand) Struthio camelus (51187)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Struthio camelus (22066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Struthio camelus (21896 21914)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Struthio camelus (21902 21903 21904 21958)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Struthio camelus (21858 21861)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Egypt Struthio camelus (21878 21907)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Struthio camelus (22068)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niger Struthio camelus (83303 83304)