PaleoDB taxon number: 420480

Full reference: L. Hou, Z. Zhou, F. Zhang and Z. Wang. 2005. A Miocene ostrich fossil from Gansu Province, northwest China. Chinese Science Bulletin 50(16):1808-1810

Belongs to Struthio according to L. Hou et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Struthio anderssoni, Struthio asiaticus, Struthio bradydactylus, Struthio camelus, Struthio chersonensis, Struthio coppensi, Struthio karatheodoris, Struthio molybdophanes, Struthio mongolicus, Struthio novorossicus, Struthio orlovi, Struthio wimani

Type specimen: HMV 1381, a set of postcrania (Incomplete pelvis and synsacrum). Its type locality is Yangwapuzijifang, which is in a MN 12/MN 13 terrestrial claystone in the Liushu Formation of China.