Metanthropus Sollas, 1933
Details
Year: 1933
Taxonomic Rank: Genus
Holotype: Neanderthal 1
Status: Unavailable
Remark: Lacks type specimen or species
Remarks

Sollas (1933) suggested the genus name Metanthrpus for neanderthals based on morphometrics of sagital sections, however in this nomenclatural act Sollas did not indicate a type species which is required under the ICZN for publications after 1930. The name is thus unavailable.

Authorship Reference
W. J. Sollas
The Sagittal Section of the Human Skull
The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 63, 389-431, 1933
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2843798