Anthropoidea

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<==Anthropoidea [Qatraniidae]
   |  i. s.: Algeripithecus minutus
   |         Tabelia
   |--Altiatlasius koulchii
   |--Eosimiidae
   |    |--Eosimias
   |    |    |--E. centennicus
   |    |    `--E. sinensis
   |    `--Phenacopithecus
   |         |--P. krishtalkai
   |         `--P. xueshii
   `--+--Bahinia pondaungensis
      `--+--Amphipithecidae
         |    |--Siamopithecus eocaenus
         |    `--+--Myanmarpithecus yarshensis
         |       `--+--Pondaungia cotteri
         |          `--Amphipithecus mogaungensis
         `--+--Parapithecoidea
            |    |--Arsinoea [Arsinoeidae]
            |    |    `--A. kallimos
            |    |--Biretia de Bonis et al. 1988
            |    |    |--B. fayumensis Seiffert, Simons et al. 2005
            |    |    |--B. megalopsis Seiffert, Simons et al. 2005
            |    |    `--B. piveteaui
            |    `--Parapithecidae [Parapithecoidea]
            |         |--Abuqatrania Simons, Seiffert et al. 2001
            |         |    `--*A. basiodontos Simons, Seiffert et al. 2001
            |         `--+--Qatrania
            |            |    |--Q. fleaglei
            |            |    `--Q. wingi
            |            `--+--Parapithecus Schlosser 1910
            |               |    |--P. fraasi Schlosser 1910
            |               |    `--P. grangeri [=Simonsius grangeri]
            |               `--Apidium Osborne 1908
            |                    |--A. moustafai Simons 1962
            |                    `--A. phiomense Osborn 1908
            `--+--Proteopithecidae
               |    |--Proteopithecus sylviae
               |    `--Serapia eocaena
               `--+--Catarrhini
                  |    |--Cercopithecidae
                  |    `--Hominoidea
                  `--+--Dolichocebus gaimanensis
                     `--Platyrrhini
                          |  i. s.: Soriacebus
                          |--Branisella boliviana
                          |--Cebidae
                          `--Callitrichidae

* Type species of generic name indicated

References

Ni, X., Y. Wang, Y. Hu & C. Li. 2003. A euprimate skull from the early Eocene of China. Nature 427: 65-68.

Olson, P. D., T. H. Cribb, V. V. Tkach, R. A. Bray & D. T. J. Littlewood. 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda). International Journal for Parasitology 33: 733-755.

Rylands, A. B. 1984. Marmosets and tamarins. In All the World’s Animals: Primates (D. Macdonald, ed.) pp. 46-51. Torstar Books: New York.

Seiffert, E. R., E. L. Simons & Y. Attia. 2003. Fossil evidence for an ancient divergence of lorises and galagos. Nature 422: 421-424.

Seiffert, E. R., E. L. Simons, W. C. Clyde, J. B. Rossie, Y. Attia, T. M. Bown, P. Chatrath & M. E. Mathison. 2005. Basal anthropoids from Egypt and the antiquity of Africa's higher primate radiation. Science 310: 300-304.

Simons, E. L., P. Andrews & D. R. Pilbeam. 1978. Cenozoic apes. In Evolution of African Mammals (V. J. Maglio & H. B. S. Cooke, eds.) pp. 120-146. Harvard University Press: Cambridge (Massachusetts).

Simons, E. L., & E. Delson. 1978. Cercopithecidae and Parapithecidae. In Evolution of African Mammals (V. J. Maglio & H. B. S. Cooke, eds.) pp. 100-119. Harvard University Press: Cambridge (Massachusetts).

Simons, E. L., E. R. Seiffert, P. S. Chatrath & Y. Attia. 2001. Earliest record of a parapithecid anthropoid from the Jebel Qatrani Formation, northern Egypt. Folia Primatol. 72: 316-331.

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