Kelba

Kelba (†Kelba quadeemae (Savage, 1965))

 

Superorder: Afrotheria

Order: †Ptolemaiida

Family: †Kelbidae

Time period: It lived during the Early Miocene-Middle Miocene of Africa ( 22–12.5 Ma) 

Size: weight estimated at up to‭ 15‭ ‬kg.

 

 

Kelba quadeemae is an extinct species of ptolemaiidan mammal, the sole species of the family Kelbidae, known from the Lower Miocene of East Africa. This animal is only known from a partial skull and teeth, but estimated to have been (around 15 kg), similar in size to a coyote but more heavily built. The teeth are rather unspecialized, suggesting a wide and varied diet, and show wear suggesting its diet included abrasive material.