paranthropus
[ puh-ran-thruh-puh s, par-uh n-throh- ]
/ pəˈræn θrə pəs, ˌpær ənˈθroʊ- /
noun, plural par·an·thro·pus·es for 1.
(sometimes initial capital letter)
a member of the former genus Paranthropus.
(initial capital letter, italics)
a former genus of fossil hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Australopithecus robustus.