Temporal range: Oligocene - Pleistocene, 25–0.03 Ma
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Possible Eocene record
Dromornis stirtoni
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Clade:
incertae sedis
Order:
†Gastornithiformes
Family:
†Dromornithidae Fürbringer, 1888
Genera
†Dromornis (type)
†Barawertornis
†Ilbandornis
†Genyornis
Dromornithidae, known as mihirungs (after Tjapwuring Mihirung paringmal, "giant bird") and informally as thunder birds or demon ducks, were a clade of large, flightless Australian birds of the Oligocene through Pleistocene Epochs. All are now extinct. They were long classified in Struthioniformes (the ratites), but are now usually classified as galloanseres.[1][2][3] Dromornithids were part of the Australian megafauna. One species, Dromornis stirtoni, was 3 m (9 ft 10 in) tall. Only a single species, Genyornis newtoni survived into the Late Pleistocene.[4][5] They are thought to have been herbivorous.[6]
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Dromornithidae, known as mihirungs (after Tjapwuring Mihirung paringmal, "giant bird") and informally as thunder birds or demon ducks, were a clade of...
exhibited aggressive territorial behaviour. They belong to the family Dromornithidae, extinct flightless birds known as mihirungs. The genus was erected...
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...
outside the Galliformes crown group. This same study also presents Dromornithidae as possibly closer to Galliformes than to Anseriformes as traditionally...
colleagues have found phylogenetic support in finding the mihirungs (Dromornithidae) to be the sister taxon to the Gastornis. The mihirungs are also another...
Anseriformes paleontologists also have support in placing mihirungs (Dromornithidae) and Gastornithids into this group, as they too also share anatomical...
Australian megafauna History of Australia Rich, Patricia (1979): The Dromornithidae, an extinct family of large ground birds endemic to Australia. Bureau...
large subspecies of the Tasmanian devil. Thylacinus megiriani Family Dromornithidae: this group of birds was more closely related to modern fowl than to...
pheasants and relatives Family Gastornithidae (see Gastornis) Family Dromornithidae: mihirungs Worldwide; 150 species Family Anhimidae: screamers Family...
"Sexual dimorphism in the late Miocene mihirung Dromornis stirtoni (Aves: Dromornithidae) from the Alcoota Local Fauna of central Australia". Journal of Vertebrate...
American indigenous peoples' history and culture Ford Thunderbird, a car Dromornithidae, extinct flightless birds known as thunder birds Genyornis, extinct...
"Sexual dimorphism in the late Miocene mihirung Dromornis stirtoni (Aves: Dromornithidae) from the Alcoota Local Fauna of central Australia". Journal of Vertebrate...
stirtoni) of Australia, part of a group called mihirungs of the family Dromornithidae, Stirton's mihirung exceeded 2.7 m (8.9 ft) in height, and average a...
Australia, part of a 26,000-year-old group called mihirungs of the family Dromornithidae. The largest carnivorous bird was Brontornis, an extinct flightless...
dromornithid species, the gigantic Dromornis stirtoni. Rich, P. (1979): The Dromornithidae, an extinct family of large ground birds endemic to Australia. Bureau...
early large running birds, for example in Anserimorphs or within the Dromornithidae. The rotation of the middle shape of the Tibiotarsus and the construction...
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