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Australopithecus africanus

extinct hominid from South Africa
Taxon fossil_taxon Q239272
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Summary

Australopithecus africanus is a fossil taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,986 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Australopithecus[4]
  • Taxon name: Australopithecus africanus[5]
  • Commons category: Australopithecus africanus[6]
  • Taxonomic type: Taung Child[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Australopithecus africanus[8]
  • Taxon synonym: Australopithecus transvaalensis[9], Plesianthropus transvaalensis[10], Australopithecus prometheus[11], Homo transvaalensis[12]
  • Short name: A. africanus[13]
  • Time period: Pliocene[14]

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Identifiers

Australopithecus africanus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 127276[15]. Australopithecus africanus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 47439764[16]. Australopithecus africanus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4827675[17].

Why It Matters

Australopithecus africanus has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Genera of the human lineage. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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