Homo platyops

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hominoidea

Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Placentalia Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorrhini Infraordo: Simiiformes Parvordo: Catarrhini Superfamilia: Hominoidea

Familia: Hominidae
Subfamilia: Homininae
Tribus: Hominini
Subtribus: Hominina
Genus: Homo
Species: †H. platyops

Name

†Homo platyops (Leakey et al., 2001; Kenyanthropus) [comb. Cela-Conde & Ayala (2003)]

Synonyms

• †Kenyanthropus platyops Leakey et al., 2001

References

• Cela-Conde, C.J.; Ayala, F.J. 2003: Genera of the human lineage. PNAS, 100(13): 7684-7689.
• Leakey, M.G.; Spoor, F.; Brown, F.H.; Gathogo, P.N.; Kiarie, C.; Leakey, L.N.; McDougall, I. 2001: New hominin genus from eastern Africa shows diverse Middle Pliocene lineages. Nature, 410: 433-440. [Abstract: [1]]

Vernacular names

English: Kenyanthropus platyops
עברית: קניאנתרופוס פלטיאופוס

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