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Homo erectus

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Taxonomy
Pithecanthropus erectus was named by Dubois (1892). Its type specimen is "Trinil skullcap", Naturalis Biodiversity Center DUBO1303, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Trinil, which is in a Calabrian/Chibanian terrestrial horizon in Indonesia.

It was recombined as Homo erectus by Mayr (1950), Cela-Conde and Ayala (2003).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Pithecanthropus erectus Dubois
1950Homo erectus Mayr
1975Homo ergaster Groves and Mazak
2003Homo erectus Cela-Conde and Ayala

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
genusHomo
specieserectus(Dubois 1892)

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.

†Homo erectus Dubois 1892
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Invalid names: Homo ergaster Groves and Mazak 1975 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:23:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Tanzania Homo erectus (22335)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya Homo erectus (21418 21475 21503)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indonesia Homo erectus (93520 93522)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Homo erectus (22491 22494)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya Homo erectus (21367 21370 21402 21413 21445 21492 22342 74511)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Morocco Homo erectus (34329 34332)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117China (Yunnan) Homo erectus (36587)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Homo erectus (21294 21360)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Homo erectus (21970 22466)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Algeria Homo erectus (22584)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Homo erectus (22499)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Homo erectus (21368 21403 21441 21449 21455 21514 21520)
Calabrian - Chibanian1.8 - 0.129Indonesia (Jawa Timur) Homo erectus (type locality: 93521)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vietnam (Lang Son) Homo erectus (92781)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Homo erectus (34287)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Trieste) Homo erectus (43704)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Kenya Homo erectus (68020)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Syria Homo erectus (67660)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Homo erectus (22272 22276 22302)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia Homo erectus (93523)