Dromornithidae, known as mihirungs (after Tjapwuring Mihirung paringmal, "giant bird") and informally as thunder birds or demon ducks, were a clade of...
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exhibited aggressive territorial behaviour. They belong to the family Dromornithidae, extinct flightless birds known as mihirungs. The genus was erected...
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Genyornis (category Dromornithidae)
It is the last known member of the extinct flightless bird family Dromornithidae which had been part of the fauna of the Australian continent for over...
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Anseriformes paleontologists also have support in placing mihirungs (Dromornithidae) and Gastornithids into this group, as they too also share anatomical...
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Galliformes survived to the Holocene. This same study also presents Dromornithidae as possibly closer to Galliformes than to Anseriformes as traditionally...
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colleagues have found phylogenetic support in finding the mihirungs (Dromornithidae) to be the sister taxon to the Gastornis. The mihirungs are also another...
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American indigenous peoples' history and culture Ford Thunderbird, a car Dromornithidae, extinct flightless birds known as thunder birds Genyornis, extinct...
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pheasants and relatives Family Gastornithidae (see Gastornis) Family Dromornithidae: mihirungs Worldwide; 150 species Family Anhimidae: screamers Family...
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large subspecies of the Tasmanian devil. Thylacinus megiriani Family Dromornithidae: this group of birds was more closely related to modern fowl than to...
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of the enigmatic Genyornis newtoni Stirling and Zeitz, 1896 (Aves, Dromornithidae), with implications for functional morphology, ecology, and evolution...
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