Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Synonyms: Homo antiquus Ferguson 1984, Praeanthropus afarensis Strait and Grine 2004, Praeanthropus africanus Weinert 1950
Full reference: D. C. Johanson, T. D. White, and Y. Coppens. 1978. A new species of the genus Australopithecus (Primates, Homindae) from the Pliocene of Eastern Africa. Kirtlandia 28:1-14
Belongs to Australopithecus according to Johanson et al. 1978
See also Haile-Selassie 2010, MacLatchy et al. 2010 and White et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Australopithecus africanus, Australopithecus anamensis, Australopithecus deyiremeda, Australopithecus garhi, Australopithecus sediba
Subtaxa: Homo antiquus praegens
Type specimens:
- Australopithecus afarensis: L.H.-4, a mandible (mandibular corpus with broken RC, m1, m2, intact R and lp4, m3 lm1, m2)
- Homo antiquus: A.L. 288-1, a partial skeleton.
- Praeanthropus afarensis:
- Praeanthropus africanus:
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Chad (1 collection), Ethiopia (33), Kenya (4), Tanzania (2)
• Miocene of Kenya (1)
Total: 41 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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