Struthio chersonensis
species · (Brant 1873) · accepted · extinct
5 fossil sites · 3 countries
Lived when
Neogene – Quaternary
11.63–2.245 million years ago
Found where
3 countries
0 rock formations
Fossil record
5 sites
0 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 9 million years, from 11.63 to 2.245 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 2.245 million years old — that is roughly 7 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Struthio chersonensis was named in 1873 ((Brant 1873)) — 153 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 3 countries.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).