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KELENKEN
(kell-en-ken)
meaning: "After a diety"
Kelenken
Named By: Bertelli et al. in 2007
Time Period: Miocene, 15 Ma
Location: Argentina
Size: Between 2.28 and 3 meters tall. Skull is 71 centimetres long (45.7 centimetres of which is beak)
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Almost complete skull with tarsometatarsus (foot bone adapted to extend the length of the lower leg) and toe bone
Classification: | Chordata | Aves | Cariamae | Phorusrhacidae | Phorusrhacinae |
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Kelenken guillermoi was a species of giant flightless predatory birds of the extinct family Phorusrhacidae, or "terror birds".

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