Sahelanthropus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From English Sahel + Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human”).
Proper noun edit
††Sahelanthropus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – an extinct hominid known only from a skull found in northern Chad.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Catarrhini - parvorder; Hominoidea - superfamily; Hominidae - family; Homininae - subfamily, Hominini - tribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Sahelanthropus tchadensis