- Dromornithidae,
known as
mihirungs (after T****wuring
Mihirung paringmal, "giant bird") and
informally as
thunder birds or
demon ducks, were a
clade of...
-
hypothesis is that
diatrymas and
mihirungs are
successive sister groups to
anseriforms and
another hypothesis places mihirungs as
crown anseriforms closely...
-
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...
-
raised triangular casque. This goose-like bill
differed from even
other mihirungs, and may have been a
specialization for
feeding on
aquatic vegetation...
- 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...
- 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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relatives Family Gastornithidae (see Gastornis)
Family Dromornithidae:
mihirungs Worldwide; 150
species Family Anhimidae:
screamers Family Anseranatidae:...
- 1093/molbev/msu153. PMID 24825849.
Murray PF, Vickers-Rich P (2004).
Magnificent Mihirungs: The
Colossal Flightless Birds of the
Australian Dreamtime.
Indiana University...
