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Australopithecus afarensis
Johanson, White & Coppens, 1978
(mammal)
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†Australopithecus (Genus)
..†Australopithecus africanus (Species) - African southern ape
..†Australopithecus anamensis (Species)
..†Australopithecus garhi (Species)
..†Australopithecus sediba (Species)
..†Australopithecus afarensis (Species)
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:
Combinations
Subsequent combination
:
†
Praeanthropus afarensis
(Johanson
et al.
, 1978)
Former combination
:
†
Praeanthropus afarensis
(Johanson
et al.
, 1978)
Ref:
M. Dembo et al., 2016
: table 3 (p. 24).
[inferred]
Synonyms
Questionably
Synonymous name
:
†
Australopithecus bahrelghazali
Brunet
et al.
, 1996
Ref:
2001b
Synonymous name
:
†
Homo antiquus
Ferguson, 1984
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
†
Homo antiquus praegens
Ferguson, 1989
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
†
Praeanthropus africanus
(Weinert, 1950)
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
zuidelijke mensaap uit Afar
Ref:
1994.
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