†Paranthropus Broom 1938 (australopithecine)
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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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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