Struthio coppensi

Struthio coppensi; Temporal range: early Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Infraclass:	Palaeognathae
Order:	Struthioniformes
Family:	Struthionidae
Genus:	Struthio
Species:	†S. coppensi
Binomial name
	†Struthio coppensi; Mourer-Chauviré et al. 1996

Struthio coppensi is an extinct species of ostrich located near , Namibia. This Ostrich is believed to have lived during the Miocene, about 20 mya, and is the oldest member of the Struthio genus.^[2]

Footnotes[]

^ Bibi, F., et al. (2006)
^ Mourer-Chauvire, C. et al. (1996).

References[]

Bibi, Faysal; Shabel, Alan B.; Kraatz, Brian P.; Stidham, Thomas A. (2006). "New Fossil Ratite (Aves: Palaeognathae) Eggshell Discoveries from the Late Miocene Baynunah Foramation of the United Arab Emirates, Arabian Peninsula" (PDF). Palaeontologia Electronica. 9 (1). ISSN 1094-8074.
Mourer-Chauvire, C.; Senut, B.; Pickford, M.; Mein, P. (1996). "Le plus ancien représentant du genre Struthio (Aves, Struthionidae), Struthio coppensi n. sp., du Miocène inférieur de Namibie" [The oldest member of the genus Struthio (Aves, Struthionidae) Struthio coppensi n. sp., from the Miocene of Namibia]. Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences (in French). 322 (4): 325–332. ISSN 1251-8050.

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[bibi-1] Bibi, F., et al. (2006)

[mourer-2] Mourer-Chauvire, C. et al. (1996).

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