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Paranthropus (australopithecine)

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Taxonomy
Paranthropus was named by Broom (1938). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Australopithecus by Cela-Conde and Ayala (2003).

It was assigned to Hominina by Harrison (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Paranthropus Broom
2010Paranthropus Harrison

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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

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.

G. †Paranthropus Broom 1938 [australopithecine]
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†Paranthropus aethiopicus Arambourg and Coppens 1968
†Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959
†Paranthropus robustus Broom 1938
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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (67 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)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Australopithecus robustus (22332) Paranthropus robustus (22331 22333)
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 Australopithecus boisei (21420 21461 21504)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Australopithecus boisei (21346 21354)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa (Gauteng) Paranthropus robustus (183152)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Australopithecus robustus (21824 21826)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Australopithecus boisei (22490 22491)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Tanzania Australopithecus boisei (22624)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Australopithecus boisei (21367 21370 21396 21445 21462 21464 21495 21498 21502 21515 32080)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Australopithecus robustus (21825 21828)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Australopithecus boisei (22269)
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 - 0.774Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) Australopithecus boisei (22556 22581)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Australopithecus boisei (22499)