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Australopithecus africanus
Taxonomy
Australopithecus africanus was named by Dart (1925). It is not extant. It is the type species of Australopithecus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Australopithecus africanus Dart |
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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.
†Australopithecus africanus Dart 1925
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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, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tortonian - Zanclean | Kenya | Australopithecus africanus (22236) | |
| Messinian - Piacenzian | Kenya (Turkana District) | Australopithecus africanus (21332) | |
| Pliocene | Ethiopia | Hominidae indet. (21754) | |
| Pliocene | South Africa | Australopithecus africanus (22355) | |
| Pliocene | South Africa (North West) | Australopithecus africanus (71071) | |
| Pliocene - Calabrian | South Africa | Australopithecus africanus (21791) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa | Australopithecus africanus (22340) |