Praeanthropus
| Praeanthropus Temporal range: Late Pliocene–Early Pleistocene
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| Fossil of P. Amanensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Subfamily: | Homininae |
| Tribe: | Hominini |
| Subtribe: | Australopithecina |
| Genus: | †Praeanthropus |
| Type species | |
| †Australopithecus afarensis Dart, 1925
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Praeanthropus is a genus used by some researchers[1][2] to include certain hominid species generally included in other genera by most researchers. The type species is Praeanthropus afarensis (=Australopithecus afarensis). The validity of Praeanthropus as a genus is debated, however.
See also
References
Wikispecies has information related to Praeanthropus.
- ^ Cela-Conde, C. J.; Ayala, F. J. (2003). "Genera of the human lineage". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100 (13): 7684–7689. doi:10.1073/pnas.0832372100. PMC 164648. PMID 12794185.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ Wiley Blackwell Student Dictionary of Human Evolution
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