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Taxonomy
Sahelanthropus tchadensis was named by Brunet et al. (2002). Its type specimen is TM 266-01-060-1, a skull (nearly complete cranium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Toros-Menalla (TM 266), which is in a Messinian lacustrine sandstone in Chad. It is the type species of Sahelanthropus.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2002 | Sahelanthropus tchadensis Brunet et al. p. 146 figs. Fig. 1-2 |
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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.
†Sahelanthropus tchadensis Brunet et al. 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002 |