Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Full reference: L. Gabounia, M.-A. de Lumley, A. Vekua, D. Lordkipanidze, and H. Lumley. 2002. Découverte d'un nouvel hominidé à Dmanissi (Transcaucasie, Géorgie). Comptes Rendus Palevol 1(4):243-253
Belongs to Homo according to L. Gabounia et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Bimanes, Homo antecessor, Homo erectus, Homo floresiensis, Homo habilis, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo helmei, Homo naledi, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo njarasensis, Homo rhodesiensis, Homo rudolfensis, Homo sapiens, Kenyanthropus platyops
Type specimen: D 2600, a mandible (nearly complete mandible). Its type locality is Dmanisi, which is in a Pleistocene fissure fill sandstone in Georgia.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution: found only at Dmanisi
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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