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genus

Australopithecus Dart, 1925

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Primates - primates »  family Hominidae - hominids »  subtribus Hominina

Scientific synonyms

Australopithecini
Meganthropus
Paraustralopithecus Arambourg & Coppens, 1967
Plesianthropus Broom, 1938
Praeanthropus Senyürek, 1955
Zinjanthropus Leakey, 1959

Included taxa

Number of records: 7

species Australopithecus afarensis Johanson, White & Coppens, 1978 - Southern Ape of Afar

Australopithecus afarensis

species Australopithecus africanus Dart, 1926

Australopithecus africanus

species Australopithecus anamensis M. Leakey et al., 1995

Australopithecus anamensis

species Australopithecus bahrelghazali Brunet et al., 1995
species Australopithecus garhi Asfaw et al., 1997

Australopithecus garhi

species Australopithecus sediba Berger, 2010

Nomina dubia dub.


Links and literature

EN Paleobiology Database [40900]

Paleobiology Database [https://paleobiodb.org/] [as Australopithecus Dart, 1925]
Data retrieved on: 14 December 2015
EN Paleobiology Database [83051]

Paleobiology Database [https://paleobiodb.org/] [as Praeanthropus Senyurek, 1955]
Data retrieved on: 27 January 2016
EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1037597]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Australopithecus Dart, 1925]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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Explanations

extinct taxon

dub. nomen dubium - name of unknown or doubtful application