Paranthropus Broom 1938 (australopithecine)

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Parent taxon: Hominina according to T. Harrison 2010

See also Cela-Conde and Ayala 2003

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Paranthropus aethiopicus Paranthropus boisei Paranthropus robustus

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Ethiopia (26 collections), Kenya (26), South Africa (5), Tanzania (5)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1), South Africa (3)

• Pliocene of Malawi (1)

Total: 67 collections including 74 occurrences

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