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Kelenken is a
genus of
phorusrhacid ("terror bird"), an
extinct group of large,
predatory birds,
which lived in what is now
Argentina in the
middle Miocene...
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includes some of the last and
largest phorusrhacids like
Devincenzia and
Kelenken. Like all phorusrhacids,
Titanis had
elongated hind limbs, a thin pelvis...
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enough momentum and
power to
cause fatal damage to the
terror bird's prey.
Kelenken guillermoi, from the
Langhian stage of the
Miocene epoch, some 15 million...
- Miocene-Pliocene: 15-3
million years ago
South America,
North America:
Kelenken, Parapropalaehoplophorus, Homalodotherium, Titanis,
Canis edwardii, Smilodon...
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largest phorusrhacid. It
probably resembled its
relatives Phorusrhacos and
Kelenken, like them, it was
equipped with a
narrow body, con****uously elongated...
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origin by
molecular clock Red-legged seriema,
Cariama cristata (Cariamidae)
Kelenken (Phorusrhacidae)
Scientific classification Domain:
Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia...
- †Phorusrhacinae
Devincenzia Kelenken Phorusrhacos Titanis †Patagornithinae
Andalgalornis Andrewsornis Patagornis †Psilopterinae
Procariama Psilopterus...
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Kelenken guillermoi...
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klekowskii 116 kg (256 lb)
Spheniscidae Sphenisciformes (penguin)
Eocene 23
Kelenken guillermoi 100 kg (220 lb)
Phorusrhacidae (terror birds) Cariamiformes...
- mammals,
Reconstructed jaws of
megalodon (Otodus megalodon)
Deinotherium Kelenken guillermoi Gastornis gigantea The
greater rhea The
eastern gorilla Bengal...
