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. In 2023, based on a re-examination of cast of a femur, it was suggested that this species be moved the genus Pachystruthio.^[3]

East Asian ostrich Temporal range: Pleistocene–Holocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Egg and limb of S. anderssoni, Paleozoological Museum of China
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[1]

Description

Struthio anderssoni was a large ostrich with an estimated mass of 270kg, laying eggs of up to 2400 cm3 in volume.^[4]

References

1. 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.
2. 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 (9): 1982–1989. Bibcode:2009JArSc..36.1982J. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2009.05.012.
3. Buffetaut, Eric (13 February 2023). "The Missing Late Pleistocene Ostrich Femur from Zhoukoudian (China): New Information Provided by a Rediscovered Old Cast". Diversity. 15 (2): 265. doi:10.3390/d15020265.
4. Buffetaut1, Eric; Angst, Delphine (2017). "How Large was the Giant Ostrich of China?". EVOLUÇÃO - Revista de Geistória e Pré-História. 2 (1): 6–8. Retrieved 9 January 2023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)