厚鴕屬

厚鴕屬; 化石時期：晚上新世 - 中更新世Pliocene至Middle Pleistocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ▼
科學分類
界：	動物界 Animalia
門：	脊索動物門 Chordata
綱：	鳥綱 Aves
目：	鴕鳥目 Struthioniformes
科：	鴕鳥科 Struthionidae
屬：	†厚鴕屬 Pachystruthio; Kretzoi, 1954
模式種
	Pachystruthio pannonicus; Kretzoi, 1954
種
	見正文
異名
	Struthio (Pachystruthio) Kretzoi 1954;

厚鴕屬（學名：Pachystruthio）為棲息於上新世晚期至更新世中期歐亞大陸上已滅絕的鳥類^[1]，化石發現於匈牙利、克里米亞共和國、羅馬尼亞、喬治亞及中國^[2]。厚鴕屬下共有3種：P. pannonicus（模式種）、P. dmanisensis與P. transcaucasicus，這些種早先均被分類至鴕鳥屬。於中國泥河灣組（英語：Nihewan Formation）所發現的不完整的股骨化石，目前也暫定時分類於厚鴕屬。P. dmanisensis的頂高估計可達3.5米（11英尺），體重可達450公斤（990磅），遠大於現存的鴕鳥，為目前已知體型最大的鳥類之一^[1]。

雖然厚鴕屬常被暱稱為是「巨型鴕鳥」，但牠們與現存鴕鳥屬的親緣關係仍屬未知^[1]^[3]。

下屬物種

本屬包括以下物種：^[4]

Pachystruthio dmanisensis Burchak-Abramovich & Vekua, 1990^[5]
潘諾尼亞厚鴕 Pachystruthio pannonicus Kretzoi, 1954
Pachystruthio transcaucasicus Burchak-Abramovich & Vekua, 1971

參考文獻

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Zelenkov, N. V.; Lavrov, A. V.; Startsev, D. B.; Vislobokova, I. A.; Lopatin, A. V. A giant early Pleistocene bird from eastern Europe: unexpected component of terrestrial faunas at the time of early Homo arrival. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2019, 39 (2): e1605521. S2CID 198384367. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1605521.
^ Buffetaut, Eric; Angst, Delphine. A Giant Ostrich from the Lower Pleistocene Nihewan Formation of North China, with a Review of the Fossil Ostriches of China. Diversity. 2021, 13 (2): 47. doi:10.3390/d13020047  （英語）.
^ McRae, Mike. Giant 11-Foot Bird Discovered in Europe Would Have Weighed Almost Half a Tonne. ScienceAlert. [2019-06-27]. （原始內容存檔於2021-08-30）（英國英語）.
^ Pachystruthio Kretzoi, 1955. GBIF. [2023-07-18]. （原始內容存檔於2023-04-10）.
^ Nikita V. Zelenkov, Alexander V. Lavrov, Dmitry B. Startsev, Innessa A. Vislobokova and Alexey V. Lopatin. 2019. A Giant early Pleistocene Bird from eastern Europe: Unexpected Component of Terrestrial Faunas at the Time of early Homo arrival. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. e1605521 DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2019.1605521

Burchak-Abramovich, N.; Vekua, A. The fossil ostrich Struthio dmanisensis sp. n., from the Lower Pleistocene of Georgia (PDF). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 1990, 33 (7): 121–132 [2021-08-30]. （原始內容存檔 (PDF)於2019-08-02）.
Hitchcock, Don. The Dmanisi Site. 2010 [16 February 2011]. （原始內容存檔於2022-01-17）.
Zicha, Ondrej. Struthio orlovi. Biological Library. 1999 [2 February 2010]. （原始內容存檔於2021-08-30）.

[Zelenkov2019-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Zelenkov, N. V.; Lavrov, A. V.; Startsev, D. B.; Vislobokova, I. A.; Lopatin, A. V. A giant early Pleistocene bird from eastern Europe: unexpected component of terrestrial faunas at the time of early Homo arrival. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2019, 39 (2): e1605521. S2CID 198384367. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1605521.

[2] Buffetaut, Eric; Angst, Delphine. A Giant Ostrich from the Lower Pleistocene Nihewan Formation of North China, with a Review of the Fossil Ostriches of China. Diversity. 2021, 13 (2): 47. doi:10.3390/d13020047  （英語）.

[3] McRae, Mike. Giant 11-Foot Bird Discovered in Europe Would Have Weighed Almost Half a Tonne. ScienceAlert. [2019-06-27]. （原始內容存檔於2021-08-30）（英國英語）.

[4] Pachystruthio Kretzoi, 1955. GBIF. [2023-07-18]. （原始內容存檔於2023-04-10）.

[5] Nikita V. Zelenkov, Alexander V. Lavrov, Dmitry B. Startsev, Innessa A. Vislobokova and Alexey V. Lopatin. 2019. A Giant early Pleistocene Bird from eastern Europe: Unexpected Component of Terrestrial Faunas at the Time of early Homo arrival. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. e1605521 DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2019.1605521

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