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Paranthropus

Description

Paranthropus is a contested genus of extinct hominins, sometimes referred to as the robust australopithecines, which lived between approximately 2.6 and 0.6 million years ago (mya) from the end of the Pliocene to the Middle Pleistocene. There are two widely accepted species: P. robustus and P. boisei; however, Paranthropus is sometimes considered to be invalid and synonymous with Australopithecus.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4827633https://www.gbif.org/species/4827633
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)83063https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=83063
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Hominidae : Paranthropus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
orderPrimatesLinnaeus 1758
infraorderHaplorhini
-Anthropoidea
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyHominoideaGray 1825
familyHominidaeGray 1825
tribeHomininaGray 1825
genusParanthropusBroom 1938
Common Nameaustralopithecine
Scientific NameParanthropus Broom, 1938
Name Published InNature, Lond., 142
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Paranthropusgenussubjective synonym of Australopithecusstated with evidenceCela-Conde and Ayala, 2003
Paranthropusgenusbelongs to Homininastated with evidenceHarrison, 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance1.81 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Mammalia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Hominidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. J. Cela-Conde and F. J. Ayala. 2003. Genera of the human lineage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100(13):7684-7689
Common Name(s) Australopithecine
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranthropus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Paranthropus aethiopicus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Paranthropus boisei
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
665.33 Ma
Miocene
1.81 Ma
Pleistocene
Paranthropus robustus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
85.33 Ma
Miocene
2.59 Ma
Pleistocene

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Zinjanthropus Leakey, 1959GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Hominidae : Zinjanthropus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1938Paranthropus Broom
2010Paranthropus Harrison

References

Cela-Conde C. J., Ayala F. J. (2003) Genera of the human lineage, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100 13, 7684-7689
Harrison T. (2010) Dendropithecoidea, Proconsuloidea, and Hominoidea, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, 429-469
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/Benton, 2005 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nature, Lond., 142 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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