Back Sahelanthropus tchadensis Afrikaans أناسي الساحل التشادي Arabic Sahelanthropus tchadensis Byelorussian Сахелантроп Bulgarian সাহেলানথ্রোপাস চাদেনসিস Bengali/Bangla Sahelantrop Catalan Sahelanthropus tchadensis CEB مرۆڤی کەناری چاد CKB Sahelanthropus tchadensis Czech Sahelanthropus tchadensis Welsh
| Sahelanthropus tchadensis "Toumaï" Temporal range: Messinian,
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| Cast of the skull of Toumaï | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Genus: | †Sahelanthropus Brunet et al., 2002[1] |
| Species: | †S. tchadensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Sahelanthropus tchadensis Brunet et al., 2002[1]
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Sahelanthropus is an extinct genus of hominid dated to about 7 million years ago during the Late Miocene. The type species, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, was first announced in 2002, based mainly on a partial cranium, nicknamed Toumaï, discovered in northern Chad.
The definitive phylogenetic position of Sahelanthropus within hominids is uncertain. It was initially described as a possible hominin ancestral to both humans and chimpanzees, but subsequent interpretations suggest that it could be an early member of the tribe Gorillini or a stem-hominid outside the hominins. Examinations on the postcranial skeleton of Sahelanthropus also indicated that this taxon was not a habitual biped.
- ^ a b Brunet, M.; Guy, F.; Pilbeam, D.; et al. (2002). "A new hominid from the Upper Miocene of Chad, Central Africa" (PDF). Nature. 418 (6894): 145–151. Bibcode:2002Natur.418..145B. doi:10.1038/nature00879. PMID 12110880. S2CID 1316969.