Struthio wimani
| Struthio wimani Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Struthioniformes |
| Family: | Struthionidae |
| Genus: | Struthio |
| Species: | S. wimani |
| Binomial name | |
| Struthio wimani Lowe, P, 1931[1] | |
Struthio wimani is an extinct species of ostrich from the Miocene and Pliocene of China.[2] Struthio wimani has been suggested as a senior synonym of Orientornis linxiaensis.[2]
It has been described as larger than the living Struthio camelus (common ostrich), having larger measurements.[3][4]
S. wimani laid eggs larger than those of extant ostriches, similar in size to those of Struthio anderssoni, measuring 18.6 / 15.3 cm in length and width, and an estimated mass of 2.58 kg.[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ Zicha, Ondrej (1999)
- 1 2 Mikhailov, Konstantin E.; Zelenkov, Nikita (September 2020). "The late Cenozoic history of the ostriches (Aves: Struthionidae), as revealed by fossil eggshell and bone remains". Earth-Science Reviews. 208 103270. Bibcode:2020ESRv..20803270M. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103270.
- ↑ Buffetaut, Eric; Angst, Delphine (2021-01-26). "A Giant Ostrich from the Lower Pleistocene Nihewan Formation of North China, with a Review of the Fossil Ostriches of China". Diversity. 13 (2): 47. Bibcode:2021Diver..13...47B. doi:10.3390/d13020047. ISSN 1424-2818.
- ↑ Louchart, Antoine; Bibi, Faysal; Stewart, John R. (2022), "Birds from the Baynunah Formation", in Bibi, Faysal; Kraatz, Brian; Beech, Mark J.; Hill, Andrew (eds.), Sands of Time, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 125–139, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-83883-6_9, ISBN 978-3-030-83882-9, retrieved 2026-06-06
- ↑ Sánchez-Marco, Antonio; Amiot, Romain; Angst, Delphine; Bailon, Salvador; Betancort, Juan Francisco; Buffetaut, Eric; García-Castellano, Emma; Guillén-Vargas, Lourdes; Lazzerini, Nicolas; Lécuyer, Christophe; Lomoschitz, Alejandro; López-Jurado, Luis Felipe; Luján, Àngel H.; Perera-Betancort, María Antonia; Salesa, Manuel J. (2025-08-27). "Unraveling the Strange Case of the First Canarian Land Fauna (Lower Pliocene)". Fossil Studies. 3 (3): Supplementary table 1. doi:10.3390/fossils3030013. hdl:10261/399033. ISSN 2813-6284.
References
- beautyofbirds.com (2010). "Ostriches". Wild Bird Web. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- Lucas, Spencer G. (2001). Chinese Fossil Vertebrates. New York, NY: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-08483-8.
- Zicha, Ondrej (1999). "Struthio orlovi". Biological Library. Retrieved 2 February 2010.