†Australopithecus Dart 1925 (australopithecine)
Osteichthyes - Primates - Hominidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 40900
Synonyms: Paranthropus Broom 1938 (no. 83063), Paraustralopithecus Arambourg and Coppens 1967 (no. 83065), Plesianthropus Broom 1938 (no. 83062), Zinjanthropus Leakey 1959 (no. 83064)
Parent taxon: Australopithecinae according to C. J. Cela-Conde and F. J. Ayala 2003
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Australopithecus aethiopicus, Australopithecus africanus, Australopithecus boisei, Australopithecus robustus, Australopithecus sediba
Type: Australopithecus africanus
Ecology: scansorial insectivore