Praeanthropus

Praeanthropus
Temporal range: 4–2.2 Ma

Late PlioceneEarly Pleistocene

Fossil of P. Amanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Family: Hominidae
Subtribe: Australopithecina
Genus: Praeanthropus
Type species
Australopithecus afarensis
Dart, 1925
Species

Praeanthropus is a genus used by some researchers[1][2] to include certain hominid species generally included in other genera by most researchers. The type species is Praeanthropus afarensis (=Australopithecus afarensis). The validity of Praeanthropus as a genus is debated, however.

See also

References

Wikispecies has information related to: Praeanthropus
  1. Cela-Conde, C. J.; Ayala, F. J. (2003). "Genera of the human lineage". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100 (13): 7684–7689. doi:10.1073/pnas.0832372100. PMC 164648Freely accessible. PMID 12794185.
  2. Wiley Blackwell Student Dictionary of Human Evolution

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