Ardipithecus
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Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Afar ardi (“ground”) + Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”).
Proper noun
†Ardipithecus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – a group of extinct hominids related to humans, from the late Miocene and early Pliocene of Ethiopia.
Hypernyms
- (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
Hyponyms
- (genus): Ardipithecus ramidus - type species, Ardipithecus kadabba