†Praeanthropus africanus Weinert 1950 (placental)
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 83054
Synonyms: Australopithecus afarensis Johanson 1978 (no. 83055), Homo antiquus Ferguson 1984 (no. 101706), Praeanthropus afarensis Strait and Grine 2004 (no. 386081)
Belongs to Praeanthropus according to Weinert 1950
Sister taxa: Praeanthropus anamensis, Praeanthropus bahrelghazali, Praeanthropus garhi, Praeanthropus tugenensis
Subtaxa: Homo antiquus praegens
Ecology: scansorial insectivore