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Kelenken guillermoi

Reptilia - Gruiformes - Phorusrhacidae

Taxonomy
Kelenken guillermoi was named by Bertelli et al. (2007). Its type specimen is BAR 3877-11, a partial skeleton (nearly complete skull, left tarsometatarsus, proximal portion of a pedal phalanx, and indeterminate fragments), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Comallo, which is in a Colloncuran terrestrial tuff in the Collón Curá Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Kelenken guillermoi Bertelli et al. p. 410
2023Kelenken guillermoi Tambussi et al. p. 278

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Telmatorae
superorderCharadriimorphaeHuxley 1867
orderGruiformesBonaparte 1854
suborderCariamaeFürbringer 1888
familyPhorusrhacidae()
genusKelenken
speciesguillermoi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Kelenken guillermoi Bertelli et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:06:43
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:06:43
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Witmer and Rose 1991, Marsh 1875

Age range: Colloncuran or 15.50000 to 13.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Argentina (Río Negro) Kelenken guillermoi (type locality: 74646)