Kelba

Kelba

Kelba (†Kelba quadeemae (Savage, 1965))
 
Superorder: Afrotheria
Order: †Ptolemaiida
Family: †Kelbidae
Time period: It lived during the Early Miocene-Middle Miocene of Africa ( 22–12.5 Ma) 
Size: weight estimated at up to‭ 15‭ ‬kg.
 
 
Kelba quadeemae is an extinct species of ptolemaiidan mammal, the sole species of the family Kelbidae, known from the Lower Miocene of East Africa. This animal is only known from a partial skull and teeth, but estimated to have been (around 15 kg), similar in size to a coyote but more heavily built. The teeth are rather unspecialized, suggesting a wide and varied diet, and show wear suggesting its diet included abrasive material.

 

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Kelba (†Kelba quadeemae (Savage, 1965))
 
Superorder: Afrotheria
Order: †Ptolemaiida
Family: †Kelbidae
Time period: It lived during the Early Miocene-Middle Miocene of Africa ( 22–12.5 Ma) 
Size: weight estimated at up to‭ 15‭ ‬kg.
 
 
Kelba quadeemae is an extinct species of ptolemaiidan mammal, the sole species of the family Kelbidae, known from the Lower Miocene of East Africa. This animal is only known from a partial skull and teeth, but estimated to have been (around 15 kg), similar in size to a coyote but more heavily built. The teeth are rather unspecialized, suggesting a wide and varied diet, and show wear suggesting its diet included abrasive material.

 

Reviews (1):
Митрич
02.11.2024
Ром, это бесподобная реконструкция одного из хищных развитых афротериев... Кельба - это занятно. Но в раннем олигоцене формации Джебель-Катрани в Египте вместе с арсинойтериями и всевозможными водно-болотными птицами, кроме хищных гиенодонов-аптеродонов, там обитали ближайшие родичи (или предки?) кельбы - птолемайи (Ptolemaia)... С виду и по габаритам и пропорциям - небольшие "волки" или "койоты", а по сути - такие же вот "гигантские землеройки"-афротерии, вероятно более мелкие хищники после гиенодонов. Вот бы увидеть их у тебя!