Struthio dmanisensis

Struthio dmanisensis Temporal range: Late Pliocene–Early Pleistocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Struthioniformes
Family:	Struthionidae
Genus:	Struthio
Species:	S. dmanisensis
Binomial name
Struthio dmanisensis Вurchak-Abramovich & Vekua, 1990

Struthio dmanisensis, the giant ostrich, is an extinct Eurasian species of ostrich which lived in the Late Pliocene to the Early Pleistocene of Georgia.^[1] It was one of the largest members of the genus Struthio.^[2]

Footnotes

References

• beautyofbirds.com (2010). "Ostriches". Wild Bird Web. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
• Burchak-Abramovich, N.; Vekua, A. (1990). "The fossil ostrich Struthio dmanisensis sp. n., from the Lower Pleistocene of Georgia". Acta zoologica cracoviensia. 33 (7): 121–132.
• Gabunia, L.; Vekua, A.; Lordkipanidze, D.; Ferring, R.; Justus, A.; Maisuradze, G.; Mouskhelishvili, A.; Nioradze, M.; Sologashvili, D.; Swisher III, C.; Tvalchrelidze, M. (2000). "Current Research on the Hominid Site of Dmanisi" (PDF). etudes et recherches de archéologiques de l'université de liege (in French) (92): 13–27.
• Hitchcock, Don (2010). "The Dmanisi Site". Retrieved 16 February 2011.
• Zicha, Ondrej (1999). "Struthio orlovi". Biological Library. Retrieved 2 February 2010.