Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime - Couverture rigide

Murray, Peter F.; Vickers-Rich, Patricia

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0253342821 ISBN 13 : 9780253342829

Editeur : Indiana University Press, 2004

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Indiana University Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0253342821
• ISBN 13: 9780253342829
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible