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Kenyanthropus platyops

Osteichthyes - Primates - Hominidae

Taxonomy
Kenyanthropus platyops was named by Leakey et al. (2001). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Homo platyops by Cela-Conde and Ayala (2003).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2006-07-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Kenyanthropus platyops Leakey and et al.
2003Homo platyops Cela-Conde and Ayala
2016Kenyanthropus platyops Spoor et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyHominoideaGray 1825
familyHominidaeGray 1825
subfamilyHomininaeGray 1825
tribeHomininiGray 1825
genusKenyanthropus
speciesplatyopsLeakey et al. 2001

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Kenyanthropus platyops Leakey 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available