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Kelenken is the largest-known phorusrhacid, 10% larger than its largest relatives known previously. At 716 mm (2.3 ft) long, the holotype skull is the largest known of any bird, and has been likened to the size of a horse's skull. The tarsometatarsus leg bone is 437 mm (17 in) long.
Kelenken guillermoi, from the Langhian stage of the Miocene epoch, some 15 million years ago, discovered in the Collón Curá Formation in Patagonia in 2006, represents the largest bird skull yet found. The fossil has been described as being a 71-centimetre (28 in), nearly intact skull.
At 716 mm (28.2 in) long, the skull of Kelenken is the largest known of any bird. Kelenken is thought to have been about 3 m (10 ft) tall and exceeded 100 kg (220 lb) in weight. It differs from its relatives in its larger size, length of its beak and details of its skull. It is thought to have been a fast-running ground predator. (Full article...
At 716 mm (28.2 in) long, the skull of Kelenken is the largest known of any bird. Kelenken is thought to have been about 3 m (10 ft) tall and exceeded 100 kg (220 lb) in weight. It differs from its relatives in its larger size, length of its beak and details of its skull. It is thought to have been a fast-running ground predator. (Full article...
The skull is estimated to have been between 36 centimeters (14 in) and 56 centimeters (22 in) in length, one of the largest known from any bird. These sizes are based on the size of quadratojugals from Titanis and the cranium of Phorusrhacos. [2]
The height of the skull at the back of the head corresponded to about 39% of the width, which is less than in Phorusrhacos with 47% or Psilopterus with 48%. In this regard, the skull of Devincenzia more closely resembled that of Kelenken. [9]
9 Kelenken imagery and request for size diagram. 5 comments. 10 ... used for reference of length with 3.5 m which is oversized considering skull length and ...
Phorusrhacos had a skull nearly 65 centimetres (26 in) long, stood nearly 2.4 meters (7 ft 10 in) tall, and probably weighed nearly 130 kilograms (290 lb), as much as a male ostrich. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] It had very strong legs, capable of running at high speed, stubby, flightless wings, a long neck, and a proportionately large head.