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Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime (Life of the Past) - Tapa dura

Murray, Peter F.; Vickers-Rich, Patricia

 
9780253342829: Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime (Life of the Past)
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ISBN 10: 0253342821 ISBN 13: 9780253342829
Editorial: Indiana University Press, 2004

Sinopsis

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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Acerca del 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).

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Editorial
Indiana University Press
Año de publicación
2004
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
0253342821
ISBN 13 
9780253342829
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Tapa dura
Número de páginas
420
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