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Struthionidae

Struthionids
Temporal range: Miocene-Holocene 23–0 Ma
Possible Paleogene taxa.
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Ostrich (Struthio camelus), male and female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Struthioniformes
Latham, 1790
Family: Struthionidae
Vigors, 1825
Type species
Struthio camelus
Linnaeus, 1758
Genera

†?Eremopezus
Orientornis
†?Palaeotis
†?Remiornis
Struthio

Synonyms
  • †Struthiolithidae Vjalov 1971
  • †Palaeotididae Houde & Haubold 1987
  • Struthioninae 1840 emend. Bonaparte 1849

†?Eremopezus
Orientornis
†?Palaeotis
†?Remiornis
Struthio

Struthionidae is a family of flightless ratite birds which first appeared during the Miocene epoch, though various Paleocene, Eocene and Oligocene ratites may belong to this group. Traditionally the order Struthioniformes contained the world's ratites, but recent genetic analysis has found that the group is not monophletyic, as it paraphyletic in respect to the tinamous.

Order Struthioniformes Latham 1790 [Struthiones; Struthioni] (ostriches)


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