Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 16() 1971

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VOL 16() 1971

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The Fossil Ostrich from the Akchagil Layers of Georgia

• N.I. BURCHAK-ABRAMOVICH
• A.K. VEKUA

Abstract:

This is a description of a new species of ostrich Struthio transcaucasicus. A slightly damaged pelvis from Kvabebi in eastern Georgia is the holotype. The remains come from the Akchagil layers (Upper Pliocene). The numerous egg-shells from the Akchagilian and Upper Apsheronian are numbered in the same species as paratypes.