Name - Australopithecus afarensis Johanson, White & Coppens 1978

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:13840 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Australopithecus afarensis

• Praeanthropus africanus (Weinert 1950)

• Australopithecus afarensis Johanson 1978

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Original Description Reference

• A new species of the genus Australopithecus (Primates: Hominidae) from the Pliocene of eastern Africa. Kirtlandia, No. 28 1978: 1-14. [Zoological Record Volume 115]

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Recent Publications

• A new species of the genus Australopithecus (Primates: Hominidae) from the Pliocene of eastern Africa.
• Critique of 'Australopithecus afarensis' as a single species based on dental metrics and morphology.
• D'Australopithecus a Praeanthropus ou du respect du code de nomenclature.

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