厚鸵属学名Pachystruthio)为栖息于上新世晚期至更新世中期欧亚大陆上已灭绝鸟类[1],化石发现于匈牙利克里米亚共和国罗马尼亚乔治亚中国[2]。厚鸵属下共有3种:P. pannonicus(模式种)、P. dmanisensisP. transcaucasicus,这些种早先均被分类至鸵鸟属。于中国泥河湾组英语Nihewan Formation所发现的不完整的股骨化石,目前也暂定时分类于厚鸵属。P. dmanisensis的顶高估计可达3.5米(11英尺),体重可达450千克(990磅),远大于现存的鸵鸟,为目前已知体型最大的鸟类之一[1]

厚鸵属
化石时期:晚上新世 - 中更新世Pliocene至Middle Pleistocene
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 鸟纲 Aves
目: 鸵鸟目 Struthioniformes
科: 鸵鸟科 Struthionidae
属: 厚鸵属 Pachystruthio
Kretzoi, 1954
模式种
Pachystruthio pannonicus
Kretzoi, 1954

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异名

虽然厚鸵属常被昵称为是“巨型鸵鸟”,但它们与现存鸵鸟属的亲缘关系仍属未知[1][3]

下属物种

本属包括以下物种:[4]

参考文献

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  4. ^ Pachystruthio Kretzoi, 1955. GBIF. [2023-07-18]. (原始内容存档于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