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Taxonomy
Ardipithecus was named by White et al. (1995).
It was assigned to Hominoidea by White et al. (1995); to Preanthropinae by Cela-Conde and Ayala (2003); and to Hominini by Strait et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Hominoidea by White et al. (1995); to Preanthropinae by Cela-Conde and Ayala (2003); and to Hominini by Strait et al. (2015).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1995 | Ardipithecus White et al. p. 88 |
| 2003 | Ardipithecus Cela-Conde and Ayala |
| 2015 | Ardipithecus Strait et al. |
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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.
G. †Ardipithecus White et al. 1995
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†Ardipithecus kadabba Haile-Selassie et al. 2004
†Ardipithecus ramidus White et al. 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian - Zanclean | Ethiopia | A. kadabba (22139) | |
| Zanclean | Ethiopia | Australopithecus ramidus (22160) | |
| Zanclean - Pliocene | Kenya | A. ramidus (22267) |