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Homo sapiens (human)

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Homo sapiens Linnaeus p. 20
1880Homo sapiens Gervais and Ameghino p. 3
1911Homo sapiens Thomas p. 125
1935Homo sapiens Schultz and Howard p. 293
1968Homo sapiens Kurten p. 60
1980Homo sapiens Kurten and Anderson p. 355
1999Homo sapiens Meireles et al. p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyHominoideaGray 1825
familyHominidaeGray 1825
subfamilyHomininaeGray 1825
tribeHomininiGray 1825
genusHomo
speciessapiens

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.

Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 [human]
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Homo sapiens afer Linnaeus 1758
Homo sapiens asiaticus Linnaeus 1758
Homo sapiens ferus Linnaeus 1758
†Homo sapiens idaltu White et al. 2003
Homo sapiens europaeus Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available