| Struthio coppensi Temporal range: Early Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Struthioniformes |
| Family: | Struthionidae |
| Genus: | Struthio |
| Species: | †S. coppensi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Struthio coppensi Mourer-Chauviré et al. 19961
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Struthio coppensi is an extinct species of ostrich from Namibia. This ostrich is believed to have lived during the Miocene, about 20 mya, and is the oldest member of the Struthio genus.2 It was smaller than the extant Common Ostrich, at about 65% the dimensions.3
Footnotes
Footnotes
- Bibi, F., et al. (2006)
- Mourer-Chauvire, C. et al. (1996).
- Mourer-Chauviré, C., Pickford, M. & Senut, B. 2023. New remains of Struthio coppensi, Early Miocene, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, 26, 21-33.
References
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 Formation 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.