Struthio anderssoni
Struthio anderssoni, also known as the East Asian ostrich, is an extinct species of ostrich that lived in the Pleistocene and Holocene in China and Mongolia. In 2023, based on a re-examination of cast of a femur, it was suggested that this species be moved the genus Pachystruthio.
East Asian ostrich Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
Order: | Struthioniformes |
Family: | Struthionidae |
Genus: | Struthio |
Species: | S. anderssoni |
Binomial name | |
Struthio anderssoni Percy Lowe, 1931 | |
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