Struthio orlovi

{{short description|Extinct species of bird}} {{Speciesbox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|Late Miocene}} Late Miocene | image = | image_caption = | genus = Struthio | species = orlovi | authority = Kuročkin & Lungo, 1970<ref name="biolib">Zicha, Ondrej (1999)</ref> }}

'''''Struthio orlovi''''' is an extinct species of ostrich bird from the Miocene of Moldavia.<ref>beautyofbirds.com (2010)</ref> It was comparable in size to the extant Common Ostrich.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mikhailov |first1=Konstantin E. |last2=Zelenkov |first2=Nikita |date=September 2020 |title=The late Cenozoic history of the ostriches (Aves: Struthionidae), as revealed by fossil eggshell and bone remains |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0012825220303160 |journal=Earth-Science Reviews |language=en |volume=208 |article-number=103270 |doi=10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103270 |bibcode=2020ESRv..20803270M |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==Footnotes== {{Reflist}}

==References== * {{cite web| url=http://www.beautyofbirds.com/ostriches.html | title=Ostriches | accessdate=2 February 2010 | publisher=Beauty of Birds | year=2010 | work=Wild Bird Web }} * {{cite book |last1=Feduccia|first1=Alan |title=The Origin and Evolution of Birds |edition=2nd |year=1999 |orig-date=1996 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven, CT |isbn= 0-300-07861-7}} * {{cite web| url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id464651/ | title=''Struthio orlovi'' | accessdate=2 February 2010 | last=Zicha | first=Ondrej }}

Category:Miocene birds Category:Extinct flightless birds orlovi Category:Prehistoric birds of Europe Category:Fossil taxa described in 1970