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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