Struthio dmanisensis
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| Struthio dmanisensis Temporal range: late pliocene–early pleistocene Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene |
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| 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] |
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Struthio dmanisensis, is an extinct Eurasian species of ratite ostrich which lived in the Late Pliocene to the Early Pleistocene of Georgia.[2]
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[edit] References
- "Ostriches". Wild Bird Web. 2010. http://www.avianweb.com/ostriches.html. Retrieved 02/01/2010.
- 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.
- Hitchcock, Don (2010). "The Dmanisi Site". http://www.donsmaps.com/dmanisi.html. Retrieved Feb 16 2011.
- Zicha, Ondrej (1999). "Struthio orlovi". Biological Library. http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonposition/id464650/. Retrieved 02/01/2010.
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