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Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime - Murray, Peter F, and Vickers-Rich, Patricia, Dr.
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Over millions of years, Australia's unique biodiversity has produced a large cabinet of curiosities. Among the weirder members of this group were the Mihirungs, members of the now extinct family Dromornithidae. Made up of several genera of flightless birds-among them one of the very largest birds that ever lived-the dromornithids ranged from 60-kilogram beasts, 1.5 meters tall, to giants twice that size, weighing nearly half a metric ton. They were, by orders of magnitude, the largest "geese" that ever lived. One species ...

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Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime 2004, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN

ISBN-13: 9780253342829

Hardcover