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Praeanthropus

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Taxonomy
Praeanthropus was named by Senyurek (1955). It is not extant.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Hominidae by Tattersall (2017).

It was assigned to Preanthropinae by Cela-Conde and Ayala (2003).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Praeanthropus Senyurek
2001Orrorin Senut and et al.
2003Praeanthropus Cela-Conde and Ayala

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyHominoideaGray 1825
familyHominidaeGray 1825
subfamilyPreanthropinaeCela-Conde and Altaba 2002
genusPraeanthropusSenyurek 1955

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. †Praeanthropus Senyurek 1955
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Praeanthropus anamensis Leakey 1995
Praeanthropus garhi Asfaw 1999
Invalid names: Orrorin Senut 2001 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available