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Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime

Name: Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime
Brand: Indiana University Press
SKU: 9780253342829
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Contributors:

Peter F. Murray, Patricia Vickers-Rich

Publisher:

Indiana University Press

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Science

Book Subcategory:

Paleontology, Life Sciences

Book Topic:

Zoology

Series:

Life of the Past

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Release Date:

2004-03-04

ISBN 13:

9780253342829

Weight:

2.35 lbs

Size:

10.24 x 7.38 x 1.14 inches

Pages:

416

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Description

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 was comparable in size to the Ele-phantbird of Madagascar and the Giant Moa of New Zealand. This book is the first major study of this unique and highly diverse group. It aims to present as complete a synthesis as possible of current information about this fascinating family of birds.

About the Author

Peter F. Murray is a researcher at the Museum of Central Australia in Alice Springs.

Patricia Vickers-Rich holds a Chair in Palaeontology at Monash University, where she lectures in the Earth Sciences Department. She is co-author (with Thomas H. Rich) of Wildlife of Gondwana: Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from the Ancient Supercontinent (IUP, 2000) and Dinosaurs of Darkness (IUP, 2000).