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 Gabunia, et al. 2000[1]

Giant ostrich (Struthio dmanisensis) is an extinct Eurasian species of ostrich which lived in the Late Pliocene to the Early Pleistocene of Georgia.^[2] It was one of the largest members of the genus Struthio.^[3]

Footnotes

1. Zicha, Ondrej (1999)
2. beautyofbirds.com (2010)
3. Gabunia, L. et al. (2000)

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.