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Mihirung paringmal by daizua123 dajihyj

Mihirung Paringmal Design Owned by Nicholas Dodge/ Daizua123

The Mihirung Paringmal is a giant (larger than Emu) flightless bird, reported from Australia (Western Victoria; New South Wales; Queensland.). Known from rock paintings in Cape York, Queensland, and rock carvings at Mootwingee, New South Wales. Aboriginal legends tell of giant birds that were still alive when volcanoes were erupting in the Western District of Victoria, most recently in approximately 3000–2000 BC.

Possible Explanations[]

  • Aboriginal memories of the recently extinct Genyornis newtoni, a Late Pleistocene species of dromornithid bird related to ducks and geese that stood about 6 feet 7 inches tall and survived at least as recently as 26,000 years ago. Known from complete skeletons near Lake Callabonna in South Australia and isolated bones elsewhere.
  • Aboriginal memories of Dromornis stirtoni, one of the largest flightless birds that ever lived, known from fossils in the Northern Territory dating from the Late Miocene to the Pleistocene, 15 million–30,000 years ago. Also a dromornithid, it weighed more than 1,300 pounds, stood 9 feet tall, and had a huge beak and jaw.
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