Nomen Detail

Australopithecus africanus miodentatus Ferguson, 1987

Details

Year: 1987
Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies
Holotype: A.L. 266-1
Status: Potentially valid
Remark:

Remarks

Ferguson (1987 p. 264) established the name Australopithecus africanus miodentatus, with A.L. 266-1 as the holotype for what he determined to be a second species of Pliocene hominid at Hadar. This nomen is available and potentially valid.

Authorship Reference

W. W. Ferguson
Revision of the subspecies ofAustralopithecus africanus (primates: Hominidae), including a new subspecies from the late pliocene of Ethiopia
Primates, 28(2), 257-265, 1987
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02382575

Additional References

T. Harrison
Hominins from the Upper Laetolil and Upper Ndolanya Beds, Laetoli
Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context: Volume 2: Fossil Hominins and the Associated Fauna, Springer Netherlands, 2011, ISBN 9789048199624
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9962-4_7