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Orrorin tugenensis

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Orrorin Temporal range:Miocene

Orrorin tugenensis fossils
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Family:	Hominidae
Subfamily:	Homininae
Genus:	Orrorin Senutet al., 2001
Binomial name
†Orrorin tugenensis Senutet al., 2001

Orrorin is considered to be the second-oldest known hominin ancestor that is possibly related to modernhumans. Only one species is known:Orrorin tugenensis. The name was given by the discoverers who foundOrrorin fossils in theTugen Hills ofKenya. The fossils were found were estimated to date between 6.1 and 5.8 million years ago, during the lateMiocene.

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