Par·an·throp·us 
(păr-ən-thrŏpəs)
(păr-ən-thrŏpəs)n.
A genus of extinct hominins known from fossil remains found in eastern and southern Africa dating from 2.8 to 1.4 million years ago, characterized by very large molars and a large sagittal crest in the male. Several species in this genus were first classified in the genus Australopithecus.
[New Latin Paranthrōpus, genus name : Greek para-, para- + Greek anthrōpos, human being.]