Paranthropus aethiopicus

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Paranthropus aethiopicus is an extinct robust australopithecine species of early hominin known from East Africa, notable for its massive jaws and teeth adapted for heavy chewing.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Paranthropus aethiopicus canonical 4
Australopithecus aethiopicus 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Paranthropus ⓘ
extinct hominin species ⓘ
robust australopithecine ⓘ
binomialName Paranthropus aethiopicus ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
coexistedWith Australopithecus afarensis ⓘ
early Homo ⓘ
linked to: Homo erectus
cranialCapacity approximately 410 cubic centimetres ⓘ
dentalAdaptation large molar teeth ⓘ
massive jaws ⓘ
thick enamel ⓘ
diet hard or tough plant foods ⓘ
heavy chewing ⓘ
discoveredBy Camille Arambourg ⓘ
earliestAppearance about 2.7 million years ago ⓘ
environment open woodland ⓘ
savanna ⓘ
estimatedBodyHeight about 1.2 to 1.4 metres ⓘ
evolutionaryPosition early member of the genus Paranthropus ⓘ
family Hominidae ⓘ
fossilRange Pliocene ⓘ
early Pleistocene ⓘ
genus Paranthropus ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
knownFrom East Africa ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
latestAppearance about 2.3 million years ago ⓘ
locomotion bipedal ⓘ
morphologicalFeature flared zygomatic arches ⓘ
prognathic face ⓘ
robust mandible ⓘ
sagittal crest ⓘ
nameEtymology aethiopicus refers to Ethiopia ⓘ
notableSpecimen KNM-WT 17000 ⓘ
notableSpecimenNickname Black Skull ⓘ
order Primates ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
previousBinomialName Australopithecus aethiopicus ⓘ
region East African Rift Valley ⓘ
linked to: East African Rift
relatedTo Paranthropus boisei ⓘ
Paranthropus robustus ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
subfamily Homininae ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
tribe Hominini ⓘ
typeSpecimen Omo 18-1967-18 ⓘ
yearDescribed 1968 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paranthropus robustus → relatedTo → Paranthropus aethiopicus ⓘ
Paranthropus aethiopicus → binomialName → Paranthropus aethiopicus ⓘ
Paranthropus aethiopicus → previousBinomialName → Australopithecus aethiopicus ⓘ
linked to: Paranthropus aethiopicus
Australopithecina → includesTaxon → Paranthropus aethiopicus ⓘ
Paranthropus → includesTaxon → Paranthropus aethiopicus ⓘ