Australopithecina

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extinct taxon hominin subtribe

Australopithecina is an extinct subtribe of early hominins that includes several bipedal ape-like species considered close relatives or ancestors of modern humans.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Australopithecus	2
Australopithecina canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	extinct taxon ⓘ hominin subtribe ⓘ
characteristicTrait	ape-like cranial morphology ⓘ habitual bipedalism ⓘ reduced canine teeth compared to earlier hominins ⓘ relatively small brain size compared to Homo ⓘ strong sexual dimorphism in body size in some species ⓘ
class	Mammalia ⓘ
considered	close relatives of modern humans ⓘ possible ancestors of the genus Homo ⓘ
diet	mainly plant-based omnivory ⓘ
earliestAppearance	about 4.2 million years ago ⓘ
family	Hominidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
fossilRecord	known from cranial fossils ⓘ known from postcranial fossils ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesTaxon	Australopithecus afarensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Australopithecus africanus NERFINISHED ⓘ Australopithecus anamensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Australopithecus bahrelghazali NERFINISHED ⓘ Australopithecus garhi NERFINISHED ⓘ Australopithecus sediba NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenyanthropus platyops NERFINISHED ⓘ Paranthropus aethiopicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Paranthropus boisei NERFINISHED ⓘ Paranthropus robustus ⓘ
infraorder	Simiiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
latestAppearance	about 1.2 million years ago ⓘ
locomotion	bipedal walking ⓘ some arboreal climbing ability ⓘ
notableFossilSites	Hadar, Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ Laetoli, Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ Sterkfontein, South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Taung, South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
order	Primates ⓘ
parentTaxon	Hominini NERFINISHED ⓘ
parvorder	Catarrhini NERFINISHED ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
relatedTo	Homo ⓘ
studiedIn	paleoanthropology ⓘ
subfamily	Homininae NERFINISHED ⓘ
suborder	Haplorhini NERFINISHED ⓘ
superfamily	Hominoidea NERFINISHED ⓘ
taxonomicRank	subtribe ⓘ
temporalRange	Pliocene ⓘ early Pleistocene ⓘ
tribe	Hominini NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paranthropus robustus → homininClade → Australopithecina ⓘ

Homo → precededBy → Australopithecina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australopithecus

Hominini → includesTaxon → Australopithecina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australopithecus