Nomen Detail

Australopithecus transvaalensis Broom, 1936

Details

Year: 1936
Taxonomic Rank: Species
Holotype: TM 1511
Status: Potentially valid
Remark:

Remarks

Broom (1936) established the name Au. transvaalensis based on TM 1511 discovered at Sterkfontein. Later (Broom, 1938) he moved the species to a new genus, Plesianthropus transvaalensis. In 1947 the nearly complete creanium STS 5 was discovered and referred to Plesianthropus transvaalensis from which it gets the knickname "Mrs Ples".

Authorship Reference

R. Broom
A new fossil anthropoid skull from South Africa
Nature, 138, 486-488, 1936
https://doi.org/10.1038/138486a0

Additional References

R. Broom
A new fossil anthropoid skull from South Africa
Nature, 138, 486-488, 1936
https://doi.org/10.1038/138486a0

R. Broom
The Pleistocene anthropoid apes of South Africa
Nature, 142(3591), 377-379, 1938
https://doi.org/10.1038/142377a0

R. Broom
Discovery of a new skull of the South African ape-man, Plesianthropus
Nature, 159(4046), 672, 1947
https://doi.org/10.1038/159672a0

R. Clarke
Australopithecus from Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa
The Paleobiology of Australopithecus, Springer Netherlands, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5919-0_7