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 |
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Genera | |
Synonyms | |
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†?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)