Genus SAHELANTHROPUS
Kingdom / Phylum . . . . . . . . Subphylum / Superclass . . . . Class / Subclass . . . . . . . . . . Infraclass / Division. . . . . . . . Subdivision / Infradivision . . . Superorder / Order. . . . . . . . Suborder / Infraorder . . . . . Superfamily / Family . . . . . . Subfamily / Genus . . . . . . . .	Animalia / Chordata Cephalochordata / Gnathostomata Mammalia / Theria Eutheria / Placentalia Euarchontoglires / n.a. Euarchonta / Primates Anthropoidea / Catarrhini Hominoidea / Hominidae n.a. / Sahelanthropus
Age: Distribution:	Late Miocene Northern Africa
Depicted on: Chad, 2005 (fossil skull, 4 values and M.S.) Chad, 2012 (M.S. 1 margin)   The classification of Sahelanthropus tchadensis as a hominid is still debated.