Biology:Struthio coppensi

Short description: Extinct species of bird

Struthio coppensi Temporal range: early Miocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Miocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 Elisabethfeld, Namibia. This ostrich is believed to have lived during the Miocene, about 20 mya, and is the oldest member of the Struthio genus.

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. http://palaeo-electronica.org/2006_1/eggshell/eggs.pdf. 
• 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" (in French). Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences 322 (4): 325–332. ISSN 1251-8050. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7625439 entry