Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Full reference: M. Brunet, F. Guy, D. Pilbeam, H. T. Mackaye, A. Likius, D. Ahounta, A. Beauvilain, C. Blondel, H. Bocherens, J.-R. Boisserie, L. De Bonis, Y. Coppens, J. Dejax, C. Denys, P. Duringer, V. Eisenmann, G. Fanone, P. Fronty, D. Geraads, T. Lehmann, F. Lihoreau and A. Louchart. 2002. A new hominid from the Upper Miocene of Chad, Central Africa. Nature 418:145-151

Parent taxon: Hominini according to D. Strait et al. 2015

See also Brunet et al. 2002 and Cela-Conde and Ayala 2003

Sister taxa: Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, Homo, Panina

Subtaxa: Sahelanthropus tchadensis

View classification

Type: Sahelanthropus tchadensis

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Toros-Menalla (TM 266) (Miocene of Chad)

Show more details

Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.