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Taxonomy
Sahelanthropus was named by Brunet et al. (2002). It is not extant. Its type is Sahelanthropus tchadensis.
It was assigned to Hominidae by Brunet et al. (2002) and Cela-Conde and Ayala (2003); and to Hominini by Strait et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Hominidae by Brunet et al. (2002) and Cela-Conde and Ayala (2003); and to Hominini by Strait et al. (2015).
Species
S. tchadensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Sahelanthropus Brunet et al. p. 145 figs. Fig. 1-2 |
| 2003 | Sahelanthropus Cela-Conde and Ayala |
| 2015 | Sahelanthropus 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. †Sahelanthropus Brunet et al. 2002
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†Sahelanthropus tchadensis Brunet et al. 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||