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Taxonomy
Pithecanthropus erectus was named by Dubois (1892).
It was recombined as Homo erectus by Mayr (1950) and Cela-Conde and Ayala (2003).
It was recombined as Homo erectus by Mayr (1950) and Cela-Conde and Ayala (2003).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1892 | Pithecanthropus erectus Dubois |
1950 | Homo erectus Mayr |
1975 | Homo ergaster Groves and Mazak |
2003 | Homo erectus Cela-Conde and Ayala |
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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.
†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
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 |
Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (42 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Pliocene - Calabrian | Tanzania | Homo erectus (22335) | |
Gelasian | Kenya | Homo erectus (21418 21475 21503) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Indonesia | Homo erectus (93520 93522) | |
Gelasian - Calabrian | Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) | Homo erectus (22491 22494) | |
Gelasian - Calabrian | Kenya | Homo erectus (21367 21370 21402 21413 21445 21492 22342 74511) | |
Pleistocene | Morocco | Homo erectus (34329 34332) | |
Pleistocene | China (Yunnan) | Homo erectus (36587) | |
Calabrian | Tanzania | Homo erectus (21970 22466) | |
Calabrian | Algeria | Homo erectus (22584) | |
Calabrian | Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) | Homo erectus (22499) | |
Calabrian | Kenya | Homo erectus (21368 21403 21441 21449 21455 21514 21520) | |
Calabrian | Kenya (Rift Valley) | Homo erectus (21294 21360) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Syria | Homo erectus (67660) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Trieste) | Homo erectus (43704) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Morocco | Homo erectus (34287) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Kenya | Homo erectus (68020) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Indonesia (Jawa Timur) | Homo erectus (93521) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Vietnam (Lang Son) | Homo erectus (92781) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya | Homo erectus (22272 22276 22302) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Indonesia | Homo erectus (93523) |