Magnificent Mihirungs : The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime Hardback
by Peter F. Murray, Patricia Vickers-Rich
Part of the Life of the Past series
Hardback
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.
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:416 pages, 259 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index
- Publisher:Indiana University Press
- Publication Date:04/03/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9780253342829
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Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:416 pages, 259 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index
- Publisher:Indiana University Press
- Publication Date:04/03/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9780253342829
