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Cite any non-quoted material obtained here as follows:
Calvert, A., K. Flammer, A. Hayes, C. Ibarra, T. Lin, D. Lowen, M. Pevey,M. Thompson, S. Vivelo, B. Wheelis, & H. Gilbert. 2024. Species naming and current status of Australopithecus ramidus. Accessed from the Human Fossil Record Database at fossilized.org on April 24, 2024 .
Australopithecus ramidus
Synonyms: Ardipithecus ramidus
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Australopithecus ramidus would be assigned to Ardipithecus ramidus using the Fossilized.org alpha taxonomy
Original diagnosis:"distinguished from A. afarensis by the following: upper and lower canines larger relative to the postcanine teeth; lower first deciduous molar narrow and obliquely elongate with large protoconid, small and distally placed metaconid, no anterior fovea, and small, low talonid with minimal cuspule development; temporomandibular joint without definable articular eminence; absolutely and relatively thinner canine and molar enamel; lower third premolar more strongly asymmetrical, with dominant, tall buccal cusp and steep, posterolingually directed transverse crest; upper third premolar more strongly asymmetric, with relatively larger, taller, more dominant buccal cusp" (White, et al: 306) |
| Date of Publication: 1994 |
| Authors: Tim White, Gen Suwa, Berhane Asfaw |
| Holotype: ARA-VP-6/1 (upper and lower dentition from a single individual) |
| Citation: White, T. D., G. Suwa, et al. 1994. Australopithecus ramidus, a new species of early hominid from Aramis, Ethiopia. Nature 371(6495): 306-312.; White, T. D., G. Suwa, et al. 1995. Corregendum. Nature 375: 88. |
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