Hominoidea

From Palaeos

<==Hominoidea
   |  i. s.: Ouranopithecus macedoniensis
   |         Otavipithecus
   |         Oreopithecoidea
   |           |--Oreopithecus bambolii
   |           `--Mabokopithecus
   |         Ugandapithecus
   |         Afropithecus turkanensis
   |         Pliopithecus antiquus
   |--Proconsul Hopwood 1933 [incl. Xenopithecus Hopwood 1933]
   |    |  i. s.: P. heseloni
   |    |--P. (Proconsul)
   |    |    |--*P. (P.) africanus Hopwood 1933 (see below for synonymy)
   |    |    |--P. (P.) nyanzae Clark & Leakey 1950
   |    |    `--P. (P.) major Clark & Leakey 1950 [=Dryopithecus major]
   |    `--P. (Rangwapithecus Andrews 1974)
   |         |--P. (*R.) gordoni (Andrews 1974) [=Dryopithecus (R.) gordoni]
   |         `--P. (R.) vancouveringi (Andrews 1974) [=Dryopithecus (R.) vancouveringi]
   |--Equatorius africanus
   |--Nacholapithecus
   `--+--Morotopithecus bishopi
      `--+--Hylobatidae [Hylobatinae]
         |    |  i. s.: Dendropithecus Andrews & Simons 1977
         |    |           `--*D. macinnesi (Clark & Leakey 1950) (see below for synonymy)
         |    |         Aeolopithecus Simons 1965
         |    |           `--*A. chirobates Simons 1965
         |    |--Bunopithecus hoolock [=Hylobates hoolock]
         |    |--Nomascus
         |    |    |--N. nasutus
         |    |    `--+--N. concolor [=Hylobates concolor]
         |    |       `--+--N. gabriellae
         |    |          `--N. leucogenys [=Hylobates concolor leucogenys]
         |    |               |--N. l. leucogenys
         |    |               `--N. l. siki
         |    `--+--Hylobates
         |       `--Symphalangus syndactylus [=Hylobates syndactylus]
         `--Hominidae [Pongidae]
              |  i. s.: Kenyapithecus Leakey 1962
              |           |--*K. wickeri Leakey 1962 [=Ramapithecus wickeri]
              |           `--K. africanus (Clark & Leakey 1951) [=Sivapithecus africanus]
              |         Dryopithecinae
              |--Pierolapithecus Moyà-Solà, Köhler et al. 2004
              |    `--*P. catalaunicus Moyà-Solà, Köhler et al. 2004
              `--+--Ponginae
                 `--+--Homininae
                    `--Ramapithecus Lewis 1934
                         |--*R. brevirostris Lewis 1934
                         |--R. hungaricus
                         `--R. punjabicus [=Dryopithecus punjabicus]

*Dendropithecus macinnesi (Clark & Leakey 1950) [=Limnopithecus macinnesi, Pliopithecus (Limnopithecus) macinnesi] *Proconsul (Proconsul) africanus Hopwood 1933 [=Dryopithecus (Proconsul) africanus; incl. *Xenopithecus koruensis Hopwood 1933]

* Type species of generic name indicated

References

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Moyà-Solà, S., M. Köhler, D. M. Alba, I. Casanovas-Vilar & J. Galindo. 2004. Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, a new Middle Miocene great ape from Spain. Science 306: 1339-1344.

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