Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1825. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe. Annals of Philosophy, new series 10:337-344
Parent taxon: Hominidae according to J. E. Gray 1825
Sister taxa: Australopithecinae, Cercopithecina, Danuvius, Dryopithecinae, Gorilla, Homininae, Homo troglodytes, Lufengpithecus, Oreopithecus, Pierolapithecus, Ponginae, Preanthropinae, Presbytina, Simiina
Subtaxa: Paranthropus
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ethiopia (26 collections), Kenya (26), South Africa (5), Tanzania (5)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1), South Africa (3)
• Pliocene of Malawi (1)
Total: 67 collections including 74 occurrences