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Taxon: Superfamily Hominoidea Gray, 1825 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Original entries

Questionably Heliopithecus (Genus) Andrews & Martin, 1987
Kenyanthropus (Genus) (M.G. Leakey et al., 2001)
Questionably Morotopithecus (Genus) Gebo et al., 1997
Questionably Proconsulidae (Family) Leakey, 1963
Questionably Propliopithecidae (Family) Straus, 1961

Subsequent entries

Equatorius (Genus) S. Ward et al., 1999 Ref: S. Ward et al., 1999: 1383.
Hylobatidae (Family) Gray, 1871
Oreopithecidae (Family) Schwalbe, 1915
Pongidae (Family) Elliot, 1913

Current position

Catarrhini (Parvorder) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).

Alternative positions

Catarrhina (Infraorder) Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 624.
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 (Parvorder) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812 Ref: C.P. Groves & J. Kingdon, 2013: 31.
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: 178.
Eucatarrhini (Parvorder) Delson, 1977 Ref: E. Delson et al., 2000: xxvi.
Catarrhini (Infraorder) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812 Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 1998: 579.
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: 624.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 2f;8g;22s;24ss; †2f;46g;42s;2ss
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 [2f;8g;22s;24ss; †2f;41g]
2020 C.J. Burgin et al.: table 2 (p. 26) [2f]
2015 M.J. Benton: 446 [2f]
2013 J.G. Fleagle: App. 1 (p. 417) [2f;8g; †25g]
2011 D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 57 2f
2005 C.P. Groves [2f;8g;21s;26ss]
2000 E. Delson et al.: xxvi [2f;5g; †1f;22g]
1998 J.G. Fleagle: 580 [3f;5g; †2f;30g]
1988 R.L. Carroll: 633 [3f; †1f]
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