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Paraphyletic taxon: Genus †Australopithecus Dart, 1925 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Primates - (Family) Hominidae

Original position

Homo-simiadae (Family) R.A. Dart, 1925

Subsequent positions

Hominina (Subtribe) Gray, 1825

Current position

Hominina (Subtribe) Gray, 1825 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 349.

Alternative positions

Australopithecinae (Subfamily) Gregory & Hellman, 1939 Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 1998: 579.
Hominidae (Family) Gray, 1825 Ref: B. Gardiner et al., 1989: 303.
Homininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 417).
Hominini (Tribe) Gray, 1825 Ref: J. Kingdon & C.P. Groves, 2013: 70; Benton, 2015: box 11.3 (p. 413 fig. a).

Historical positions

Hominini (Tribe) Gray, 1825 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: box 11.3 (p. 413 fig. a).
Hominini (Tribe) Gray, 1825 Ref: J. Kingdon & C.P. Groves, 2013: 70.
Homininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 417).
Hominini (Tribe) Gray, 1825 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: box 11.3.
Hominini (Tribe) Gray, 1825 Ref: E. Delson et al., 2000: xxvi.
Australopithecinae (Subfamily) Gregory & Hellman, 1939 Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 1998: 579.
Hominina (Subtribe) Gray, 1825 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 349.
Hominidae (Family) Gray, 1825 Ref: B. Gardiner et al., 1989: 303.
Australopithecinae (Subfamily) Gregory & Hellman, 1939 Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: [573].

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †5s;2ss;1
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 22 Sep 2021 [; †5s]
2002 W.C. Hartwig [; †7s]
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