Struthio wimani
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| Struthio wimani Temporal range: Early Pliocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Struthioniformes |
| Family: | Struthionidae |
| Genus: | Struthio |
| Species: | S. wimani |
| Binomial name | |
| Struthio wimani Lowe, P, 1931[1] | |
Struthio wimani is an extinct species of ratite bird from the Pliocene of China.[2] It laid very large eggs, similar in size to those of Struthio anderssoni, measuring 18.6 / 15.3 cm and with an estimated mass of 2.58 kg.[3]
