-
extinction of
dromornithids, as well as many
other species of the
Australian megafauna. The
first Europeans to
encounter the
bones of
dromornithids may have...
- galliform.
Comparative studies using endocranial reconstructions of
dromornithids,
Ilbandornis and
three Dromornis species,
suggest that the head and...
-
relatives the bathornithids), eogruids, geranoidids, gastornithiforms, and
dromornithids (all extinct) all
evolved similar body
shapes – long legs, long necks...
- species. Some
dietary and
chronological data
previously ****igned to
dromornithids may
instead be ****igned to the
giant megapodes.
Megapodes share some...
-
species alerted Stirling to its
existence in 1893. The
placement of this
dromornithid species may be
summarised as:
Dromornithidae (8
species in 4 genera)...
- C****owary (Casuarius lydekkeri)
Genyornis (a two-meter-tall (6.6 ft)
dromornithid Giant malleefowl (Progura gallinacea)
Cryptogyps lacertosus Dynatoaetus...
-
oceanic species met the same fate (as
apparently had the
Australian dromornithids earlier). Worldwide, most
giant birds became extinct by the end of the...
- (4 ft 3 in) in hip height, and 120 kg (260 lb) in weight. The
largest dromornithid was
Dromornis stirtoni over 3 m (9.8 ft) tall and 528–584 kg (1,164–1...
- is
required for confirmation. A 2024
study alternatively classified dromornithids as
crown anseriforms and
suggested that
Gastornithiformes and sylviornithids...
-
indicating a more
cursorial lifestyle. The
majority of
researchers consider Dromornithids to be herbivorous; this is
borne out by
molecular analysis of the gastroliths...
