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Paranthropus boisei

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Taxonomy
Australopithecus boisei was named by Leakey (1959). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Paranthropus boisei by MacLatchy et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Australopithecus boisei Leakey
2010Paranthropus boisei MacLatchy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
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
tribeHominina
genusParanthropusBroom 1938
speciesboisei(Leakey 1959)

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.

†Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:23:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Calabrian or 5.33300 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (59 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi Paranthropus boisei (22559)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Ethiopia Australopithecus boisei (21989)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Australopithecus boisei (21420 21461 21504)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Australopithecus boisei (21543 21545 21553 21557 21561 21566 21618 21625 21626 21627 21632 21641 21647 21648 21657 21663 21668 21673 21678 21681 21964 22014 22022)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Australopithecus boisei (21346 21354)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Australopithecus boisei (21367 21370 21396 21445 21462 21464 21495 21498 21502 21515 32080)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Tanzania Australopithecus boisei (22624)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Australopithecus boisei (22490 22491)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Australopithecus boisei (22269)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) Australopithecus boisei (22556 22581)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Australopithecus boisei (21403 21441 21455 21468 21507 21520 21523 21525 32085)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Australopithecus boisei (22617 22628)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Australopithecus boisei (22499)