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Taxon: †
Australopithecus africanus
R.A. Dart, 1925
- African southern ape
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
......................................Batrachosauria
........................................Amniota
..........................................Synapsida
............................................Therapsida
..............................................Theriodontia
................................................Eutheriodontia
..................................................Cynodontia
....................................................Eucynodontia
......................................................Mammaliamorpha
........................................................Mammaliaformes
..........................................................Holotheria
............................................................Class Mammalia - mammals
..............................................................Theriimorpha
................................................................Theriiformes
..................................................................Trechnotheria
....................................................................Cladotheria
......................................................................Zatheria
........................................................................Subclass Boreosphenida
..........................................................................Theria
............................................................................Infraclass Eutheria
..............................................................................Cohort Placentalia - placentals
................................................................................Magnorder Boreoeutheria
..................................................................................Grandorder Euarchontoglires
....................................................................................Superorder Archonta
......................................................................................Order Primates - primates
........................................................................................Suborder Euprimates
..........................................................................................Infraorder Haplorhini
............................................................................................Parvorder Anthropoidea
..............................................................................................Catarrhini
................................................................................................Superfamily Hominoidea
..................................................................................................Family Hominidae
....................................................................................................Subfamily Homininae
......................................................................................................Tribe Hominini
........................................................................................................Subtribe Hominina
..........................................................................................................Genus †Australopithecus
............................................................................................................Species †Australopithecus garhi
............................................................................................................(Species †Australopithecus aethiopicus)
............................................................................................................(Species †Australopithecus afarensis)
............................................................................................................(Species †Australopithecus anamensis)
............................................................................................................(Species †Australopithecus bahrelghazali)
............................................................................................................(Species †Australopithecus boisei)
............................................................................................................(Species †Australopithecus crassidens)
............................................................................................................(Species †Australopithecus praegens)
............................................................................................................(Species †Australopithecus prometheus)
............................................................................................................(Species †Australopithecus ramidus)
............................................................................................................(Species †Australopithecus robustus)
............................................................................................................(Species †Australopithecus walkeri)
............................................................................................................(Subgenus †Australopithecus subg. Australopithecus)
............................................................................................................(Subgenus †Australopithecus subg. Paranthropus)
............................................................................................................(Subgenus †Australopithecus subg. Zinjanthropus)
............................................................................................................Species †Australopithecus africanus - African southern ape
..............................................................................................................Specimen †STS 14
..............................................................................................................Specimen †STS 5 - Mrs. Ples
..............................................................................................................Specimen †STS 71
..............................................................................................................Specimen †STW 505
..............................................................................................................Specimen †Taung - Taung child
..............................................................................................................Subspecies †Australopithecus africanus africanus
..............................................................................................................Subspecies †Australopithecus africanus transvaalensis
Paleontology
Geologic age
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-3.3 Mya - -2.3 Mya
Geologic time
:
Late Pliocene
Geography
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:
South Africa
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012