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Taxonomy
Australopithecus ramidus was named by White et al. (1994). Its type specimen is ARA-VP-6/1, a set of teeth (associated set of teeth that includes upper left I1, C, P3, P4, right I1, C (broken), P4, M2, and lower right P3 and P4), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Middle Awash - Aramis mbr., which is in a Zanclean fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Sagantole Formation of Ethiopia.
It was recombined as Ardipithecus ramidus by White et al. (1995), Cela-Conde and Ayala (2003) and Grehan and Schwartz (2009).
It was recombined as Ardipithecus ramidus by White et al. (1995), Cela-Conde and Ayala (2003) and Grehan and Schwartz (2009).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1994 | Australopithecus ramidus White et al. p. 306 |
| 1995 | Ardipithecus ramidus White et al. p. 88 |
| 2003 | Ardipithecus ramidus Cela-Conde and Ayala |
| 2009 | Ardipithecus ramidus Grehan and Schwartz |
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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.
†Ardipithecus ramidus White et al. 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Zanclean | Ethiopia | Australopithecus ramidus (type locality: 22160) | |
| Zanclean - Pliocene | Kenya | Ardipithecus ramidus (22267) |