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{{Taxobox
| colour = lightblue
| name = ''Orrorin''
| fossil_range = [[Miocene]]
| image = Orrorin tugenensis.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Orrorin tugenensis'' fossils
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
| ordo = [[Primate]]s
| familia = [[Hominidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Homininae]]
| genus = '''''Orrorin'''''
| genus_authority = Senut ''et al.'', 2001
| binomial = †''Orrorin tugenensis''
| binomial_authority = Senut ''et al.'', 2001
}}
'''''Orrorin''''' is considered to be the second-oldest known hominin ancestor that is possibly related to modern [[humans]]. Only one species is known: '''''Orrorin tugenensis'''''. The name was given by the discoverers who found ''Orrorin'' fossils in the [[Tugen Hills]] of [[Kenya]]. The fossils were found were estimated to date between 6.1 and 5.8 million years ago, during the late [[Miocene]].
[[Category:Hominins]]
[[Category:Prehistoric Africa]]
{{biology-stub}}
{{Taxobox
| colour = lightblue
| name = ''Orrorin''
| fossil_range = [[Miocene]]
| image = Orrorin tugenensis.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Orrorin tugenensis'' fossils
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
| ordo = [[Primate]]s
| familia = [[Hominidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Homininae]]
| genus = '''''Orrorin'''''
| genus_authority = Senut ''et al.'', 2001
| binomial = †''Orrorin tugenensis''
| binomial_authority = Senut ''et al.'', 2001
}}
'''''Orrorin''''' is considered to be the second-oldest known hominin ancestor that is possibly related to modern [[humans]]. Only one species is known: '''''Orrorin tugenensis'''''. The name was given by the discoverers who found ''Orrorin'' fossils in the [[Tugen Hills]] of [[Kenya]]. The fossils were found were estimated to date between 6.1 and 5.8 million years ago, during the late [[Miocene]].
[[Category:Hominins]]
[[Category:Prehistoric Africa]]
{{biology-stub}}