Paraustralopithecus aethiopicus Arambourg and Coppens, 1968
Australopithecus aethiopicus Walker and Leakey, 1985 (preoccupied)
Australopithecus walkeri Ferguson, 1989
Paranthropus aethiopicus is an extinct species of robust australopithecine from the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of East Africa about 2.7–2.3 million years ago. However, it is much debated whether or not Paranthropus is an invalid grouping and is synonymous with Australopithecus, so the species is also often classified as Australopithecus aethiopicus.[1] Whatever the case, it is considered to have been the ancestor of the much more robust P. boisei. It is debated if P. aethiopicus should be subsumed under P. boisei, and the terms P. boisei sensu lato ("in the broad sense") and P. boisei sensu stricto ("in the strict sense") can be used to respectively include and exclude P. aethiopicus from P. boisei.
Like other Paranthropus, P. aethiopicus had a tall face, thick palate, and especially enlarged cheek teeth. However, likely due to its archaicness, it also diverges from other Paranthropus, with some aspects resembling the much earlier A. afarensis. P. aethiopicus is known primarily by the skull KNM WT 17000 from Koobi Fora, Lake Turkana, Kenya, as well as some jawbones from Koobi Fora; the Shungura Formation, Ethiopia; and Laetoli, Kenya. These locations featured bushland to open woodland landscapes with edaphic (water-logged) grasslands.
^or Australopithecus walkeri as the former combination is preoccupied by a junior synonym of Australopithecus afarensis
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Paranthropusaethiopicus is an extinct species of robust australopithecine from the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of East Africa about 2.7–2.3 million...
believed later Paranthropus were morphologically distinct from earlier Paranthropus in the cave—that is, the Swartkrans Paranthropus were reproductively...
but is now relegated to Paranthropus along with other robust australopithecines. However, it is also argued that Paranthropus is an invalid grouping and...
discovered in the human lineage belongs to the "Black Skull", Paranthropusaethiopicus field number KNM WT 17000, the earliest known robust hominid ancestor...
and became the type species for the genus Paranthropus. However, it has been argued by some that Paranthropus is an invalid grouping and synonymous with...
Australopithecus africanus Australopithecus sediba ParanthropusaethiopicusParanthropus boisei Paranthropus robustus Pan troglodytes Pan paniscus Homo habilis...
genera in Paranthropus. The first specimen of Paranthropusaethiopicus was discovered in Lake Turkana, Kenya and its successor, Paranthropus robustus,...
near Lake Turkana. This specimen was assigned to another species, Paranthropusaethiopicus. In 1994, a team led by Meave Leakey announced a new species, Australopithecus...
Australopithecus sediba Australopithecus deyiremeda Paranthropus† ParanthropusaethiopicusParanthropus robustus Paranthropus boisei Homo – close relatives of modern...
to a sagittal crest, as can be seen in early hominins such as Paranthropusaethiopicus. The temporalis muscle is covered by the temporal fascia, also...
"The Black Skull") is a fossilized adult skull of the species Paranthropusaethiopicus. It was discovered in West Turkana, Kenya by Alan Walker in 1985...
identified from South Africa (A. africanus) and Lake Turkana, Kenya (Paranthropusaethiopicus). Likewise, the classification of australopithecines and pre-Homo...
the study of the lineage. After 1.5 million years ago (extinction of Paranthropus), all fossils shown are human (genus Homo). After 11,500 years ago (11...
known as "Black Skull") of a new species, Australopithecus aethiopicus (or Paranthropusaethiopicus). Richard shifted away from palaeontology in 1989, but...
Pliocene. They might be the product of Australopithecus garhi or Paranthropusaethiopicus, the two known hominins contemporary with the tools. Genus Homo...
and Early Pleistocene. The genera Homo (which includes modern humans), Paranthropus, and Kenyanthropus evolved from some Australopithecus species. Australopithecus...
Earliest known specimen of the genus Homo Paranthropus boisei – Extinct species of hominin of East Africa Paranthropus robustus – Extinct species of hominin...
Paranthropus was not. In 1994, Randall Susman used the anatomy of opposable thumbs as the basis for his argument that both the Homo and Paranthropus species...
has been used to illuminate the diets of the different species of the Paranthropus genus. It was determined that P. boisei had a reduced ratio of C3:C4...
assessed as follows, with Paranthropus and Homo emerging within Australopithecus (shown here cladistically granting Paranthropus, Kenyanthropus, and Homo)...
hominins, being variously placed as ancestral to Homo and Paranthropus, to just Paranthropus, or to just P. robustus. The specimen "Little Foot" is the...
Australopithecus A. afarensis A. africanus A. anamensis A. bahrelghazali A. deyiremeda A. garhi A. sediba Paranthropus P. aethiopicus P. boisei P. robustus...
similar proportions to Paranthropus than any other Homo, though H. luzonensis postcanine teeth differ greatly from those of Paranthropus in size and shape...
Australopithecus A. afarensis A. africanus A. anamensis A. bahrelghazali A. deyiremeda A. garhi A. sediba Paranthropus P. aethiopicus P. boisei P. robustus...
Earliest known specimen of the genus Homo Paranthropus boisei – Extinct species of hominin of East Africa Paranthropus robustus – Extinct species of hominin...
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