Species Profile
Australopithecus robustus
Robust australopithecine
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Lived about 2–1.2 million years ago.
Fossils found in South Africa.
Did not directly lead to modern humans.
Size & Structure
01
Strong jaws
02
Sagittal crest
03
Large molars
04
Heavy facial bones
Australopithecus robustus — 3D Model
No 3D model available
General Features
- Coelom
- True coelom
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Brain size ~500–550 cc
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Homeothermic
- Circulatory type
- Closed, double, complete
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Pulmonary respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Ureotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Plant-based diet
Savanna adaptation
Specialized feeding niche
Economic Importance
Important fossil species
Helps understand hominin diversity
Paleoanthropology research