Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Gorillina (Subtribe) Frechkop, 1943

Current position

Gorillini (Tribe) Frechkop, 1943

Ref: C.P. Groves, 2013: 35.

Alternative positions

Gorillina (Subtribe) Frechkop, 1943	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 350.
Hominidae (Family) Gray, 1825	Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 181.
Homininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 417); Benton, 2015: box 11.3 (p. 413 fig. a).
Pongidae (Family) Elliot, 1913	Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 1998: 580.

Historical positions

Homininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: box 11.3 (p. 413 fig. a).
Gorillini (Tribe) Frechkop, 1943	Ref: C.P. Groves, 2013: 35.
Homininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 417).
Homininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: box 11.3.
Hominidae (Family) Gray, 1825	Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 181.
Gorillini (Tribe) Frechkop, 1943	Ref: E. Delson et al., 2000: xxvi.
Pongidae (Family) Elliot, 1913	Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 1998: 580.
Gorillina (Subtribe) Frechkop, 1943	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 350.
Hominidae (Family) Gray, 1825	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 276.
Pongidae (Family) Elliot, 1913	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 101.
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 239. [rough position]
Pongidae (Family) Elliot, 1913	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1034.
Pongidae (Family) Elliot, 1913	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Pongidae (Family) Elliot, 1913	Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 625.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s;4ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2s;4ss]
2005	C.P. Groves	[2s;4ss]
1993	C.P. Groves	[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	[1s]