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Paranthropus (australopithecine)
Taxonomy
Paranthropus was named by Broom (1938). It is not extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Australopithecus by Cela-Conde and Ayala (2003).
It was assigned to Hominina by Harrison (2010).
It was synonymized subjectively with Australopithecus by Cela-Conde and Ayala (2003).
It was assigned to Hominina by Harrison (2010).
Species
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2006-07-26; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-04-30
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1938 | Paranthropus Broom |
| 2010 | Paranthropus Harrison |
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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. †Paranthropus Broom 1938 [australopithecine]
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†Paranthropus aethiopicus Arambourg and Coppens 1968
†Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959
†Paranthropus robustus Broom 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Calabrian or 3.60000 to 0.77400 Ma
Collections (67 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pliocene | Malawi | Paranthropus boisei (22559) | |
| Pliocene - Calabrian | Ethiopia | Australopithecus boisei (21989) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene | South Africa | Australopithecus robustus (22332) Paranthropus robustus (22331 22333) | |
| Gelasian | Kenya (Rift Valley) | Australopithecus boisei (21346 21354) | |
| Gelasian | Kenya | Australopithecus boisei (21420 21461 21504) | |
| Gelasian | Ethiopia | Australopithecus boisei (21543 21545 21553 21557 21561 21566 21618 21625 21626 21627 21632 21641 21647 21648 21657 21663 21668 21673 21678 21681 21964 22014 22022) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa | Australopithecus robustus (21824 21826) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa (Gauteng) | Paranthropus robustus (183152) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Kenya | Australopithecus boisei (21367 21370 21396 21445 21462 21464 21495 21498 21502 21515 32080) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Tanzania | Australopithecus boisei (22624) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) | Australopithecus boisei (22490 22491) | |
| Pleistocene | Kenya | Australopithecus boisei (22269) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | Australopithecus robustus (21825 21828) | |
| Calabrian | Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) | Australopithecus boisei (22556 22581) | |
| Calabrian | Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) | Australopithecus boisei (22499) | |
| Calabrian | Kenya | Australopithecus boisei (21403 21441 21455 21468 21507 21520 21523 21525 32085) | |
| Calabrian | Tanzania | Australopithecus boisei (22617 22628) |