Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Primates

Subsequent positions

Anthropoidea (Parvorder) Mivart, 1864

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 341.

Original entries

Questionably †Afropithecus (Genus) Leakey & Leakey, 1986
Questionably †Dionysopithecus (Genus) Li, 1978
Questionably †Otavipithecus (Genus) Conroy, Pickford, Senut, Van Couvering & Mein, 1992
Questionably †Pliopithecidae (Family) Zapfe, 1960
Questionably †Siamopithecus (Genus) Chaimanee, Suteethorn, Jaeger & Ducrocq, 1997
Questionably †Turkanapithecus (Genus) Leakey & Leakey, 1986
Questionably †Victoriapithecidae (Family) von Koenigswald, 1969
Questionably †Wailekia (Genus) Ducrocq, Jaeger, Chaimanee & Suteethorn, 1995

Subsequent entries

Cercopithecidae (Family) Gray, 1821
Hominidae (Family) Gray, 1825

Current position

Catarrhini (Parvorder) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).

Alternative positions

Anthropoidea (Parvorder) Mivart, 1864	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 341. [new position]
Catarrhina (Infraorder)	Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 622.
Catarrhini (Infraorder) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 446.
Catarrhini ([unranked]) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812	Ref: K.D. Rose, 2006: table 10.2.
Eucatarrhini (Parvorder) Delson, 1977	Ref: E. Delson et al., 2000: xxvi.

Historical positions

Catarrhini (Parvorder) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Catarrhini (Infraorder) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 446, box 11.3 (p. 413 fig. a).
Catarrhini (Infraorder) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812	Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 417).
Catarrhini (Parvorder) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 57.
Anthropoidea (Parvorder) Mivart, 1864	Ref: J.L. Franzen et al., 2009: 24. [indirect]
Catarrhini ([unranked]) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812	Ref: K.D. Rose, 2006: table 10.2.
Catarrhini (Infraorder) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 403, box 11.3.
Catarrhini (Parvorder) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812	Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 152.
Eucatarrhini (Parvorder) Delson, 1977	Ref: E. Delson et al., 2000: xxvi.
Anthropoidea (Parvorder) Mivart, 1864	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 341-342. [new position]
Catarrhini (Infraorder) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 632.
Anthropoidea (Suborder) Mivart, 1864	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Catarrhina (Infraorder)	Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 622.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1f;22g;136s;171ss; ‡2ss; †1f;19g;3s;1ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 9 Jun 2022	[1f;22g;136s;171ss; †1f;19g]
2020	C.J. Burgin et al.: table 2 (p. 26)	[1f]
2015	M.J. Benton: 446	[1f]
2013	J.G. Fleagle: App. 1 (p. 417)	[1f;23g; †1f;21g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 57	1f
2005	C.P. Groves	[1f;21g;132s;170ss; ‡2ss]
2000	E. Delson et al.: xxvii	[1f;16g; †12g]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[2f;16g; †1f;45g]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 632	[1f; †1f]