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Taxon: Family †Pliopithecidae Zapfe, 1960 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Questionably Cercopithecoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Questionably Algeripithecus (Genus) Godinot & Mahboubi, 1992
Questionably Oligopithecinae (Subfamily) Simons, 1989
Questionably Pliopithecinae (Subfamily) Zapfe, 1960
Questionably Propliopithecinae (Subfamily) Straus, 1961
Questionably Tabelia (Genus) Godinot & Mahboubi, 1994

Current position

Pliopithecoidea (Superfamily) Zapfe, 1961 Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 418).

Alternative positions

Cercopithecoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 342.
Eocatarrhini (Parvorder) Ref: E. Delson et al., 2000: xxvii.
Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 632.
Propliopithecoidea (Superfamily) Simons, 1965 Ref: K.D. Rose, 2006: table 10.2.

Historical positions

Pliopithecoidea (Superfamily) Zapfe, 1961 Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 418).
Propliopithecoidea (Superfamily) Simons, 1965 Ref: K.D. Rose, 2006: table 10.2.
Eocatarrhini (Parvorder) Ref: E. Delson et al., 2000: xxvii.
Propliopithecoidea (Superfamily) Simons, 1965 Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 1998: 579.
Cercopithecoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 342.
Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 632.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †9g;1s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 2 Jun 2022 [; †9g]
2013 J.G. Fleagle: App. 1 (p. 418) [; †9g]
2000 E. Delson et al.: xxvii [; †6g]
1998 J.G. Fleagle: 579 [; †4g]
1998 J.G. Fleagle: 579 [; †4g]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [; †11g]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [; †11g]
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