Australopithecus afarensis Johanson, White & Coppens, 1978
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Primates
- family
- Hominidae
- genus
- Australopithecus
- species
- Australopithecus afarensis
Name
- Synonyms
- Afaranthropus antiquus (Ferguson, 1984)
- Australopithecus aethiopicus Tobias, 1980
- Homo aethiopicus (Tobias, 1980)
- Homo antiquus Ferguson, 1984
- Homo antiquus praegens Ferguson, 1989
- Homo hadar Bonde & Westergaard, 2004
- Paranthropus aethiopicus
- Praeanthropus afarensis (Johanson, White & Coppens, 1978)
- Praeanthropus africanus Weinert, 1950
- Homonyms
- Australopithecus afarensis Johanson, White & Coppens, 1978
Bibliographic References
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1941 Australopithecus afarensis Johanson, 1978 (Mammalia, Primates): specific name conserved.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 56, 223-224 (1999)