Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Alternative combination: Australopithecus ramidus
Full reference: T. D. White, G. Suwa, and B. Asfaw. 1994. Australopithecus ramidus, a new species of early hominid from Aramis, Ethiopia. Nature 371:306-312
Belongs to Ardipithecus according to C. J. Cela-Conde and F. J. Ayala 2003
See also Grehan and Schwartz 2009, White et al. 1994 and White et al. 1995
Sister taxon: Ardipithecus kadabba
Type specimen: ARA-VP-6/1, a set of teeth (associated set of teeth that includes upper left I1, C, P3, P4, right I1, C (broken), P4, M2, and lower right P3 and P4). Its type locality is Middle Awash - Aramis mbr., which is in a Zanclean fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Sagantole Formation of Ethiopia.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1 collection), Kenya (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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