Paleo Core
Cyphanthropus Pycraft, 1928
Details
Year: 1928
Taxonomic Rank: Genus
Holotype: E686
Status: Potentially valid
Remark:  
Remarks

Pycraft (1928) provided a detailed description of E686 (Kabwe). On pp. 49-50 he proposed moving the species to a new genus, Cyphanthropus with the type species Homo rhodesiensis Woodward, 1921.

Authorship Reference
W. P. Pycraft , G. E. Smith , M. Yearsley , J. T. Carter , R. A. Smith , A. T. Hopwood , D. M. A. Bate , and W. E. Swinton
Rhodesia Man and Associated Remains
Rhodesia Man and Associated Remains, Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 1928

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