- Dromornithidae,
known as
mihirungs (after T****wuring
Mihirung paringmal, "giant bird") and
informally as
thunder birds or
demon ducks, were a
clade of...
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Pelagornithidae and
Anseriformes paleontologists also have
support in
placing mihirungs (Dromornithidae) and
Gastornithids into this group, as they too also share...
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belong to the
family Dromornithidae,
extinct flightless birds known as
mihirungs. The
genus was
erected to
separate a new species,
Dromornis australis...
- albatross-like
pseudotooth birds and the
giant flightless gastornithids and
mihirungs have been
found to be stem-anseriforms
based on
common features found...
-
phylogenetic support in
finding the
mihirungs (Dromornithidae) to be the
sister taxon to the Gastornis. The
mihirungs are also
another family of
giant flightless...
- the form of Gastornis, eogruiids, bathornithids, ratites, geranoidids,
mihirungs, and "terror birds"). It is
often stated that
mammals out-competed the...
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raised triangular casque. This goose-like bill
differed from even
other mihirungs, and may have been a
specialization for
feeding on
aquatic vegetation...
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genus as "emuwaries" or "c****omus". The
vernacular name "
mihirung" is
derived from
mihirung paringmal,
which means "giant emu" in the
Chaap Wuurong language...
- tall, and
weighed approximately half as much as a
large elephant bird or
mihirung due to its
comparatively slender frame. The
largest species of tinamou...
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Trevor H. (2
September 2016). "****ual
dimorphism in the late
Miocene mihirung Dromornis stirtoni (Aves: Dromornithidae) from the
Alcoota Local Fauna...
