Struthio anderssoni
Struthio anderssoni, also known as the East Asian ostrich,[2] is an extinct species of ostrich that lived in the Pleistocene and Holocene in China and Mongolia.
| East Asian ostrich Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Struthioniformes |
| Family: | Struthionidae |
| Genus: | Struthio |
| Species: | S. anderssoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Struthio anderssoni Percy Lowe, 1931[1] | |
Description
Struthio anderssoni was a large ostrich with an estimated mass of 270kg, laying eggs of up to 2400 cm3 in volume.[3]
References
- Lowe, Percy Roycroft (1931). "Struthious remains from northern China and Mongolia; with descriptions of Struthio wimani, S. anderssoni and S. mongolicus Spp. Nov". Palaeontologia Sinica, Series C. 6: 1–47.
- Janz, Lisa; Elston, Robert G.; Burr, George S. (18 May 2009). "Dating North Asian surface assemblages with ostrich eggshell: implications for palaeoecology and extirpation". Journal of Archaeological Science. 36: 1982–1989. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2009.05.012.
- Buffetaut1, Eric; Angst, Delphine (2017). "How Large was the Giant Ostrich of China?" (PDF). EVOLUÇÃO - Revista de Geistória e Pré-História. 2 (1): 6–8. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
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