Giant Ostrich

Giant Ostrich

Taxobox
name = Giant Ostrich
fossil_range = Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Struthioniformes
familia = Struthionidae
genus = "Struthio"
species = † "Struthio dmanisensis"
binomial =
binomial_authority =

The Giant Ostrich ("Struthio dmanisensis") is an extinct species of ratite bird from the Late Pliocene to the Early Pleistocene of Georgia.

Sources

*National Geographic (August 2002)
* [http://www.donsmaps.com/dmanisi.html Giant ostrich.]


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