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Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime Hardback - 2004

by Peter F. Murray; Patricia Vickers-Rich

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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 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.

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  • Title Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime
  • Author Peter F. Murray; Patricia Vickers-Rich
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition first edition -
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana
  • Publication date 2004-03-04
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780253342829 / 0253342821
  • Weight 2.35 lbs (1.07 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.24 x 7.38 x 1.14 in (26.01 x 18.75 x 2.90 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Prehistoric
    • Cultural Region: Australian
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Dromornithidae - Australia
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2003005332
  • Dewey Decimal Code 568

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  • Choice, 10/01/2004, Page 320

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).

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