Australopithecus deyiremeda Haile-Selassie et al. 2015 (australopithecine)

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Full reference: Y. Haile-Selassie, L. Gilbert, S.M. Melillo, T.M. Ryan, M. Alene, A. Deino, N.E. Levin and G. B.Z. Scott Saylor. 2015. New species from Ethiopia further expands Middle Pliocene hominin diversity. Nature 521:483-488

Belongs to Australopithecus according to Y. Haile-Selassie et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus africanus, Australopithecus anamensis, Australopithecus garhi, Australopithecus sediba

Type specimen: BRT-VP-3/1

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Australopithecus deyiremeda - type locality (Pliocene of Ethiopia)

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