Homo rudolfensis

extinct species of hominins marking the boundary between Australopiths and Homo erectus

Taxon fossil_taxon Q107742

Facts

10 properties

Instance of: fossil taxon
Short name: H. rudolfensis^[8]
End time: -1900000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[7]
Named after: Lake Turkana^[3]
Parent taxon: Homo^[4]
Start time: -2400000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[6]
Taxon common name: člověk východoafrický, הומו רודולפנסיס, Človek turkanský, poto sucio, Doğu Afrika insanı, 盧多爾夫人, 魯道夫人^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]
Taxon name: Homo rudolfensis^[5]
Taxon rank: species^[2]
Time period: Pliocene, Pleistocene, Gelasian^[16]

🏷️ Also known as

en Homo rudolfensis en H. rudolfensis ar إنسان بحيرة رودولف cs Člověk východoafrický cs H. rudolfensis de Kenyanthropus rudolfensis de H. rudolfensis de Pithecanthropus rudolfensis de Australopithecus rudolfensis el H. rudolfensis es H. rudolfensis es H rudolfensis fa انسان رودولف fa انسان رودولفی fi turkananihminen fr Homo Rudolfensis fr H. rudolfensis he הומו רודולפנזיס he הומו רודולפנסיס it H. rudolfensis

🔖 Identifiers · 15

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Homo rudolfensis.jpg ↗
Encyclopedia of Life ID: 4454111
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: topic/Homo-rudolfensis
Fandom article ID: prehistoric-wiki:Homo_rudolfensis
Fossilworks taxon ID: 83081
Freebase ID: /m/01s6dc
GBIF taxon ID: 4827581
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 3518360
IRMNG ID: 11089734
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2776256107
Open Tree of Life ID: 3607673
PACTOLS thesaurus ID: pcrtHsLOUiZkxd

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Paleobiology Database taxon ID: 83081
Topic's main category: Category:Homo rudolfensis
Vikidia article ID: fr:Homo_rudolfensis

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Time period 3

Pleistocene, Pliocene, Gelasian

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Named after 1

Lake Turkana

Parent taxon 1

Homo

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Summary

Homo rudolfensis is a fossil taxon^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Homo rudolfensis — taxon rank (P105): species. Genera of the human lineage. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Homo rudolfensis — named after (P138): Lake Turkana. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Homo rudolfensis — parent taxon (P171): Homo. Genera of the human lineage. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Homo rudolfensis — taxon name (P225): Homo rudolfensis. Genera of the human lineage. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Homo rudolfensis — start time (P580): 2400000 BC. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Homo rudolfensis — end time (P582): 1900000 BC. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Homo rudolfensis — short name (P1813): {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'H. rudolfensis'}. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Homo rudolfensis — taxon common name (P1843): {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'člověk východoafrický'}. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Homo rudolfensis — taxon common name (P1843): {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'הומו רודולפנסיס'}. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Homo rudolfensis — taxon common name (P1843): {'lang': 'sk', 'text': 'Človek turkanský'}. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Homo rudolfensis — taxon common name (P1843): {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'poto sucio'}. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Homo rudolfensis — taxon common name (P1843): {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Doğu Afrika insanı'}. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Homo rudolfensis — taxon common name (P1843): {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '盧多爾夫人'}. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Homo rudolfensis — taxon common name (P1843): {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '魯道夫人'}. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Homo rudolfensis — time period (P2348): Pliocene. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Homo rudolfensis is an instance of fossil taxon (Q23038290) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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