Struthionidae

Struthionidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
ostrichPBDB
Sits inside
StruthioniformesPBDB
Diet
herbivorePBDB, for Struthioniformes
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Struthioniformes
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Theropoda
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Struthioniformes

Time the record covers

At least 11 million years on record.

The record covers at least 11.63 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 0 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 112 occurrencesMiocene — about 30 of 112 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 27 of 112 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 43 of 112 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 1 occurrence13–12 Mya — about 1 occurrence12–11 Mya — about 3 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 3 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 3 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 3 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 4 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 4 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 3 occurrences6.3–5.5 Mya — about 3 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 5 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 6 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 9 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 11 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 14 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 15 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 23 occurrences11.63 Mya11.7 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

112 occurrences of Struthionidae on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

112 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

30 formations

Olduvai — 2.99°S, 35.35°EOlduvai — 2.98°S, 34.32°EOlduvai — 2.98°S, 35.37°EVarswater — 32.98°S, 18.15°ENubia — 16.25°N, 33.75°EVogel River Series — 3.22°S, 35.21°EVogel River Series — 3.13°S, 35.13°ENawata — 2.90°N, 36.05°ESwartkrans — 26.02°S, 27.72°ENachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EBeglia — 34.00°N, 8.00°ENubia — 23.00°N, 25.50°EMbuga Clays — 4.03°S, 33.77°EBredasdorp & Varswater — 32.98°S, 18.15°ENawata and Nachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EKapthurin — 0.50°N, 36.00°EMuluk — 30.42°N, 30.25°EUpper Koru Series — 0.23°S, 35.34°EKromdraai — 26.00°S, 27.75°EBaynunah — 24.00°N, 52.33°EC1/LR — 33.58°N, 7.65°WNawata or Nachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EBou Hanifia — 35.30°N, 0.10°WKhapry — 47.24°N, 39.71°EAgha Jari — 34.48°N, 44.63°EChersonian — 47.25°N, 28.69°EGar El Muluk — 30.37°N, 30.32°E

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The named rock units Struthionidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 6 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 58 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Struthionidae and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Struthionidae and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

1,253 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 107 sites for Struthionidae, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

81 references

Each of the 112 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 69 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Struthionidae

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Credit
zmmu
Licence
CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Vigors 1825