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Name - Australopithecus afarensis Johanson, White & Coppens 1978

Name Details

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:13840 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Species

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Animalia (Kingdom)
Chordata (Phylum)
Vertebrata (Subphylum)
Mammalia (Class)
Primates (Order)
Hominidae (Family)

References

Original Description Reference

  • A new species of the genus Australopithecus (Primates: Hominidae) from the Pliocene of eastern Africa. Kirtlandia, No. 28 1978: 1-14. [Zoological Record Volume 115]

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Zoological Record

Recent Publications

  • A new species of the genus Australopithecus (Primates: Hominidae) from the Pliocene of eastern Africa.
  • Critique of 'Australopithecus afarensis' as a single species based on dental metrics and morphology.
  • D'Australopithecus a Praeanthropus ou du respect du code de nomenclature.

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