| Tridenchthonius africanus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
| Family: | Tridenchthoniidae |
| Genus: | Tridenchthonius |
| Species: | T. africanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tridenchthonius africanus (Beier, 1931) | |
Tridenchthonius africanus is a species of pseudoscorpion in the family Tridenchthoniidae. [1] [2]
Australopithecus is a genus of early hominins that existed in Africa during the Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene. The genera Homo, Paranthropus, and Kenyanthropus evolved from Australopithecus. Australopithecus is a member of the subtribe Australopithecina, which also includes Ardipithecus, though the term "australopithecine" is sometimes used to refer only to members of Australopithecus. Species include A. garhi, A. africanus, A. sediba, A. afarensis, A. anamensis, A. bahrelghazali and A. deyiremeda. Debate exists as to whether some Australopithecus species should be reclassified into new genera, or if Paranthropus and Kenyanthropus are synonymous with Australopithecus, in part because of the taxonomic inconsistency.
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Tridenchthoniidae is a family of pseudoscorpions within the superfamily Chthonioidea. The family comprises one fossil and 15 recent genera, containing 70 species:
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T. africanus may refer to:
Chelignathus is an extinct genus of pseudoscorpion in the family Tridenchthoniidae. There is one described species in Chelignathus, C. kochii.
Sororoditha hirsuta is a species of pseudoscorpion in the family Tridenchthoniidae.
Tridenchthonius is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the family Tridenchthoniidae. There are about 16 described species in Tridenchthonius.
Verrucaditha spinosa is a species of pseudoscorpion in the family Tridenchthoniidae.
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