Praeanthropus tugenensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hominoidea

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Familia: Hominidae
Subfamilia: Homininae
Tribus: Hominini
Subtribus: Hominina
Genus: †Praeanthropus
Species: Praeanthropus tugenensis

Name

†Praeanthropus tugenensis (Senut et al., 2001)

Synonyms

• †Orrorin tugenensis Senut et al., 2001

References

• Pickford, M., Senut, B. 2001: 'Millennium Ancestor', a 6-million-year-old bipedal hominid from Kenya - Recent discoveries push back human origins by 1.5 million years. South African Journal of Science, 97, 22-22.
• Senut, Pickford, Gommery, Mein, Cheboi & Coppens 2001: First hominid from the Miocene (Lukeino Formation, Kenya). Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences Serie II A Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes, 332(2): 137-144.