| Description | Kenyanthropus is a 3.5 to 3.2-million-year-old (Pliocene) hominin fossil discovered in Lake Turkana, Kenya in 1999 by Justus Erus, who was part of Meave Leakey's team.
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Hominidae : Homo : Kenyanthropus platyops |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Hominidae : Homo : Kenyanthropus platyops |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Kenyanthropus |
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| Scientific Name | Kenyanthropus platyops (Leakey et al., 2001) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Homo platyops | species | belongs to Kenyanthropus | stated with evidence | Leakey et al., 2001 | | Homo platyops | species | belongs to Homo | stated with evidence | Cela-Conde and Ayala, 2003 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Mammalia) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | omnivore (based on Hominidae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| 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 |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenyanthropus_platyops |
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Kenyanthropus platyops ✝
