Kelba quadeemae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ptolemaiida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Atlantogenata Superordo: Afrotheria Ordo: †Ptolemaiida

Familia: †Kelbidae
Genus: †Kelba
Species: †Kelba quadeemae

Kelba quadeemae Savage, 1965: 244

Holotype: BMNH M.19087

Type locality: "Rusinga Island, Kavirondo Gulf, Kenya"

Etymology: "Arabic ... quadeem meaning ancient"

Savage, R.J.G. 1965. Fossil Mammals of Africa: 19. The Miocene Carnivora of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Geology 10(8): 239–316. BHL Reference page.

Cote, S., Werdelin, L., Seiffert, E.R. & Barry, J.C. 2007. Additional material of the enigmatic Early Miocene mammal Kelba and its relationship to the order Ptolemaiida. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104(13): 5510–5515. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0700441104 ResearchGate Reference page.

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