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Kelba
Taxonomy
Kelba was named by Savage (1965).
It was assigned to Oxyclaeninae by Savage (1965); to Ptolemaiidae by Van Valen (1967); to Pantolestidae by Carroll (1988); and to Kelbidae by Cote et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Oxyclaeninae by Savage (1965); to Ptolemaiidae by Van Valen (1967); to Pantolestidae by Carroll (1988); and to Kelbidae by Cote et al. (2007).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1965 | Kelba Savage p. 243 |
| 1967 | Kelba Van Valen |
| 1988 | Kelba Carroll |
| 2007 | Kelba Cote et al. p. 5512 |
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. Cote et al. 2007 | Metacone present on P4; upper molars with mesostyle positioned between metacone and paracone, meta- conule and paraconule variably present on pre- and postproto- cristae, mesial and distal cingula particularly well developed with shelf-like cusp (pericone) developed on mesiolingual cingulum; large metaconid on p4; lower molar entoconids small or absent, paraconid widely separated from other trigonid cusps. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973 | |||||
Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | Kenya | K. quadeemae (21725 146599) | |
| Burdigalian | Uganda | K. quadeemae (28441) |