Sergi (1911 p. 87) established Notanthropus eurafricanus with two subspecies, recens and archaicus. Sergi (1911) established these taxa with several syntypes, most of which were destroyed in 1944. Campbell (1965) fixed Combe-Capelle as the lectotype for recens and Predmosti as the lectotype for archaicus. For details see entries for subspecies.
