Homo priscus Krause, 1909
Details
Year: 1909
Taxonomic Rank: Species
Holotype: Spy I
Status: Invalid
Remark: Homonym
Remarks

Krause (1909) provided detailed anatomical description of the human skeleton and comparative analysis of fossil forms including fossils from Neanderthal, Spy and Krapina, each of which he assigned to separate species in accord with his assertion that they each represented independent lineages rather than subspecies of Homo primigenius. On page 176 Krause proposed the names Homo priscus and Homo spyensis as alternate names based on the Spy 1 specimen.

Campbell (1965) noted that Homo priscus Krause, 1909 is a primary junior homonym to Homo priscus Lapouge, 1899. Krause's name is thus available but objectively invalid.
 

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