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Australopithecus africanus
R.A. Dart, 1925
- African southern ape
(mammal)
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†Australopithecus (Genus)
..†Australopithecus afarensis (Species)
..†Australopithecus anamensis (Species)
..†Australopithecus garhi (Species)
..†Australopithecus sediba (Species)
..†Australopithecus africanus (Species) - African southern ape
....†Australopithecus africanus africanus (Subspecies)
....†Australopithecus africanus transvaalensis (Subspecies)
....†STS 14 (Specimen)
....†STS 5 (Specimen) - Mrs. Ples
....†STS 71 (Specimen)
....†STW 505 (Specimen)
....†Taung (Specimen) - Taung child
Basic information
Distribution
:
Afrotropic/southern Africa
Period
:
middle Pliocene - Early Pleistocene (3.12 - 0.781 Ma)
Status
:
fossil
Paleontology
Period
:
3.67 Mya - 2.1 Mya
Ref:
Wikimedia
: 23 Sep 2021.
Period (first)
:
3.030 Mya
Ref:
M. Dembo et al., 2016
: table 3 (p. 24).
Period
:
Late Pliocene
Geography
Geographic region
:
South Africa
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