Paleo Core
Orrorin tugenensis Senut et al., 2001
Details
Year: 2001
Taxonomic Rank: Species
Holotype: BAR 1000'00
Status: Potentially valid
Remark:  
Remarks

Senut et al. (2001) established the a new genus and species, Orrorin tugenens, with BAR 1000'00 as the holotype.

Authorship Reference
B. Senut , M. Pickford , D. Gommery , P. Mein , K. Cheboi , and Y. Coppens
First hominid from the Miocene (Lukeino Formation, Kenya)
Comptes Rendus de l'Acad\'emie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science, 332(2), 137-144, 2001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1251-8050(01)01529-4
Additional References
B. Senut , M. Pickford , D. Gommery , P. Mein , K. Cheboi , and Y. Coppens
First hominid from the Miocene (Lukeino Formation, Kenya)
Comptes Rendus de l'Acad\'emie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science, 332(2), 137-144, 2001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1251-8050(01)01529-4
M. Pickford , B. Senut , D. Gommery , and J. Treil
Bipedalism in Orrorin tugenensis revealed by its femora
C. R. Palevol, 1(4), 191-203, 2002
K. Galik , B. Senut , M. Pickford , D. Gommery , J. Treil , A. J. Kuperavage , and R. B. Eckhardt
External and internal morphology of the BAR 1002'00 Orrorin tugenensis femur
Science, 305(5689), 1450-1453, 2004
Y. Sawada, M. Saneyoshi, K. Nakayama, T. Sakai, T. Itaya, M. Hyodo, Y. Mukokya, M. Pickford, et al.
The Ages and Geological Backgrounds of Miocene Hominoids Nacholapithecus, Samburupithecus, and Orrorin from Kenya
Human Origins and Environmental Backgrounds, Springer US, 2006
B. G. Richmond and W. L. Jungers
Orrorin tugenensis Femoral Morphology and the Evolution of Hominin Bipedalism
Science, 319(5870), 1662-1665, 2008