Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Cercopithecoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Questionably Cercopithecinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821
Questionably Colobinae (Subfamily) Jerdon, 1867
Questionably †Victoriapithecinae (Subfamily) von Koenigswald, 1969

Current position

Cercopithecoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

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

Alternative positions

Catarrhini (Infraorder) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1033.
Cecopithecoidea (Superfamily) nom. null.	Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 1998: 579.
Primates (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 262.

Historical positions

Cercopithecoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Cercopithecoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 446.
Cercopithecoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 417).
Cercopithecoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 57.
Cercopithecoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 152.
Cercopithecoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 403.
Cercopithecoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: E. Delson et al., 2000: xxvi.
Cecopithecoidea (Superfamily) nom. null.	Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 1998: 579.
Cercopithecoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 343.
Primates (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 262; 5.
Primates (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 97.
Primates (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991
Cercopithecoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 632.
Catarrhini (Infraorder) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1033-1034.
Cercopithecoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 622.
Anthropoidea (Suborder) Mivart, 1864	Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	22g;136s;171ss; ‡2ss; †14g;3s;1ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[22g;136s;171ss; †14g]
2013	J.G. Fleagle: App. 1 (p. 417)	[23g; †16g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 57	21g;135s
2005	C.P. Groves	[21g;132s;170ss; ‡2ss]
2000	E. Delson et al.: xxvii	[16g; †12g]
1998	J.G. Fleagle: 579	[22g; †13g]
1998	J.G. Fleagle: 579	[22g; †13g]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[11g; †15g]
1993	C.P. Groves	18g;81s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[15g];~80s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	2sf;[14g]