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Taxonomy
Simiidae was named by Bonaparte (1850). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Pongidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Primates by Bonaparte (1850); to Anthropomorpha by Cope (1889); to Anthropoidea by Flower (1883) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Neopithecini by Wortman (1903); and to Catarrhina by Gregory (1910).
It was synonymized subjectively with Pongidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Primates by Bonaparte (1850); to Anthropomorpha by Cope (1889); to Anthropoidea by Flower (1883) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Neopithecini by Wortman (1903); and to Catarrhina by Gregory (1910).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available