Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Primates
Subordo: Haplorhini
Infraordo: Simiiformes
Parvordo: Catarrhini
Superfamilia: †Pliopithecoidea
Familia: †Pliopithecidae
Subfamiliae (2): Crouzeliinae - Pliopithecinae
Overview of genera (6)
Anapithecus – Barberapithecus – Egarapithecus – Laccopithecus – Plesiopliopithecus – Pliopithecus
Name
Pliopithecidae Zapfe, 1961
References
Harrison, T. 2005: The zoogeographic and phylogenetic relationships of early catarrhine primates in Asia. Anthropological science, 113: 43–51. PDF
Harrison, T.; Made, J., van der; Ribot, F. 2002: A new middle Miocene pliopithecid from Sant Quirze, northern Spain. Journal of human evolution, 42: 371–377. PDF
Zhang, Z.; Harrison, T. 2008: A new middle Miocene pliopithecid from Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of human evolution, 54: 444–447. PDF
The family Pliopithecidae is an extinct family of fossil catarrhines and members of the Pliopithecoidea superfamily.
Their anatomy combined primitive features such as a small braincase, a long snout, and a tail. At the same time, they possessed more advanced features such as stereoscopic vision and ape-like teeth and jaws, clearly distinguishing them from monkeys.[1]
Begun and Harrison divide the Pliopithecidae into subfamilies Pliopithecinae and Crouzeliinae.[2] Dionysopithecinae are sometimes placed here as a subfamily,[3] but Begun & Harrison place them in their own family, the Dionysopithecidae.[2]
References
Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. pp. 290–291. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
Harrison, Terry (2012). "Chapter 20 Catarrhine Origins". In Begun, David (ed.). A Companion To Paleoanthropology. Wiley Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-118-33237-5. Alt URL
Harrison, T; Gu, Y (1999). Taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of early Miocene catarrhines from Sihong, China.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Prehistoric World page 434.
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