Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime

MURRAY, Peter F.; VICKERS-RICH, Patricia

ISBN 10: 0253342821 / ISBN 13: 9780253342829

Verlag: Indiana University Press, 2004

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. Magnificent Mihirungs 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. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 12876

Inhaltsangabe:

Whitley Medal 2004Lanzendorf Paleoart Award 2004

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

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).

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal ...
Verlag: Indiana University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
Einband: Hardcover
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