Orrorin
Sign in to saveOrrorin is an extinct genus of great ape within the tribe of Hominini from the Miocene Lukeino Formation and Pliocene Mabaget Formation, both of Kenya.
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- Discovery and naming
- ''Orrorin tugenensis''
- ''Orrorin praegens''
- Etymology
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- Classification
- Evolution of bipedalism
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Orrorin is an extinct genus of great ape within the tribe of Hominini from the Miocene Lukeino Formation and Pliocene Mabaget Formation, both of Kenya.
The type species is O. tugenensis, named in 2001, and a second species, O. praegens, was assigned to the genus in 2022.
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