Orrorin tugenensis
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| Orrorin Temporal range: Miocene |
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| Orrorin tugenensis fossils | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Subfamily: | Homininae |
| Genus: | Orrorin Senut et al., 2001 |
| Species: | O. tugenensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Orrorin tugenensis Senut et al., 2001 |
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Orrorin tugenensis is considered to be the second-oldest known hominin ancestor that is possibly related to modern humans and is the only species classified in genus Orrorin. The name was given by the discoverers who found Orrorin fossils in the Tugen Hills of Kenya. Orrorin tugenensis which the fossils were found were estimated to date between 6.1 and 5.8 million years ago, during the Miocene.
