Nojevi (lat. Struthio) su rod ptica iz reda nojevki, u kojem su noj (lat. Struthio camelus) i somalski noj (lat. Struthio molybdophanes) jedine žive vrste. Nekad je uključivao emue, nandue i kazuare, sve dok oni nisu razdvojeni u svoje vlastite rodove.

Nojevi
Vremenski raspon: Miocen-Holocen, 23–0 Ma
Naučna klasifikacija
Carstvo:
Tip:
Klasa:
Red:
Porodica:
Rod:
Binomno ime
Struthio
Jaje noja (Struthio camelus)

Vrste

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Fosilni zapisi i ostaci ljuske jajeta pokazuju da su preci ovog roda živeli pre oko 50-48 miliona godina u azijskim stepama, kao male trkačice.[4] Pre oko 12 miliona godina evoluiraju u velike ptice s kojima su ljudi upoznati.[5]

Izvori

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  1. ^ Gray, G.R. (1855)
  2. ^ Janz, Lisa (2009). "Dating North Asian surface assemblages with ostrich eggshell: Implications for palaeoecology and extirpation."
  3. ^ J. G. Andersson, Essays on the cenozoic of northern China (1923). "Memoirs of the Geological Survey of China (Peking)," especially pp. 53-77: "On the occurrence of fossil remains of Struthionidae in China."; and J. G. Andersson, Research into the prehistory of the Chinese. Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities 15 (1943), 1-300, plus 200 plates.
  4. ^ Hou, L. (2005)
  5. ^ Davies, S.J.J.F. (2003)

Literatura

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  • Janz, Lisa (2009). „Dating North Asian surface assemblages with ostrich eggshell: Implications for palaeoecology and extirpation”. Journal of Archaeological Science. 36 (9): 1982—1989. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2009.05.012. 
  • J. G. Andersson, Essays on the cenozoic of northern China (1923). Memoirs of the Geological Survey of China (Peking). Series A, No. str. 1—152.