- Dromornithidae,
known as
mihirungs (after T****wuring
Mihirung paringmal, "giant bird") and
informally as
thunder birds or
demon ducks, were a
clade of...
-
Genyornis newtoni, also
known as the Newton's
mihirung, Newton's
thunder bird or
mihirung paringmal (meaning "giant bird" in T****wuring), is an extinct...
-
belong to the
family Dromornithidae,
extinct flightless birds known as
mihirungs. The
genus was
erected to
separate a new species,
Dromornis australis...
-
gymea jarrah kangaroo koala kookaburra kurrajong kutjera mallee marri mihirung mulga Myall numbat pademelon potoroo quandong quokka quoll taipan wallaby...
- albatross-like
pseudotooth birds and the
giant flightless gastornithids and
mihirungs have been
found to be stem-anseriforms
based on
common features found...
- and an emu-like
lower leg and foot. In addition, the
first fossils of
mihirungs were
initially believed to be from
giant emus, but
these birds were completely...
-
Pelagornithidae and
Anseriformes paleontologists also have
support in
placing mihirungs (Dromornithidae) and
Gastornithids into this group, as they too also share...
- the form of Gastornis, eogruiids, bathornithids, ratites, geranoidids,
mihirungs, and "terror birds"). It is
often stated that
mammals out-competed the...
- 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...
- it was
probably herbivorous with some omnivory.
Genyornis newtoni (the
mihirung) was
related to Dromornis, and was
about the
height of an ostrich. It was...
