†family Propliopithecidae Straus 1961 (monkey)
Mammalia - Primates - Propliopithecidae
Parent taxon: Catarrhini according to R. F. Kay et al. 2004
See also Gunnell and Miller 2001, Harrison and Gu 1999, Simons 1989 and Simons et al. 1987
Sister taxa: Cercopithecoidea, Dendropithecoidea, Eucatarrhini, Hominoidea, Kalepithecus, Kamoyapithecus, Kansupithecus, Kogolepithecus, Krishnapithecus, Krishnapithecus krishnaii, Nyanzapithecinae, Pliobates, Pliopithecoidea, Propliopithecoidea, Saadanioidea
Subtaxa: Aegyptopithecus Oligopithecus Propliopithecus
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
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