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Paraphyletic taxon: Genus †Australopithecus Dart, 1925 (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation R.A. Dart, 1925
Original name Dart, R.A. 1925. Nature 115 (2884): 198.
Original rank
Original spelling

Types

Type ofAustralopithecinae (Subfamily) Gregory & Hellman, 1939 Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 1998: 579. [implicit]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Australopithecus (Subgenus) (R.A. Dart, 1925)
Type, by monotypyAustralopithecus africanus R.A. Dart, 1925

Variants

Former rankAustralopithecus (Subgenus) (R.A. Dart, 1925) Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 417). [inferred]
Different spellingAustralopethicus (Genus)

Synonyms

IncludingArdipithecus (Genus) White, Suwa & Asfaw, 1995 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
IncludingParaustralopithecus (Genus) Arambourg, 1967
IncludingPlesianthropus (Genus) Broom, 1938
IncludingPraeanthropus (Genus) Hennig, 1948, nom. nud.
IncludingPraeanthropus (Genus) Senyürek, 1955 Ref: M. Dembo et al., 2016: table 3 (p. 24). [inferred]
IncludingZinjanthropus (Genus) Leakey, 1959

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namevoormensen
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