Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Cercopithecoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Questionably †Australopithecinae (Subfamily) Gregory & Hellman, 1939
Questionably Homininae (Subfamily) Gray, 1825
Questionably Hylobatinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1870
†Sahelanthropus (Genus) Brunet et al., 2002

Current position

Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825

Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26); Benton, 2015: box 11.3 (p. 413 fig. a).

Alternative positions

Catarrhini (Infraorder) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812	Ref: S.P. Parker, 1982
Cercopithecoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 347.
Primates (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 276.

Historical positions

Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 446, box 11.3 (p. 413 fig. a).
Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: C.P. Groves & J. Kingdon, 2013: 32.
Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 417).
Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 57.
Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 403, box 11.3.
Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 181.
Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: E. Delson et al., 2000: xxvi.
Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 1998: 579.
Cercopithecoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 347.
Primates (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 276; 5.
Primates (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 101.
Primates (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991
Mammalia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990 [indirect]
Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 633.
Catarrhini (Infraorder) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1034.
Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: [573].
Anthropoidea (Suborder) Mivart, 1864	Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4g;7s;11ss; †22g;34s;2ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[4g;7s;11ss; †22g]
2013	J.G. Fleagle: App. 1 (p. 417)	[4g; †24g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 57	4g;7s
2005	C.P. Groves	[4g;7s;11ss]
2000	E. Delson et al.: xxvi	[4g; †18g]
1998	J.G. Fleagle: 579	[1g; †3g]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[5g; †13g]
1993	C.P. Groves	4g;5s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1g;1s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1g;1s