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Simiidae

Mammalia - Primates - Simiidae

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Simiidae Bonaparte p. 1
1883Simiidae Flower p. 186
1889Simiidae Cope p. 876
1891Simiidae Flower and Lydekker p. 92
1903Simiidae Wortman p. 414
1910Simiidae Gregory p. 465

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
superfamilyNeopithecini
familySimiidae
familySimiidae

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.

Fm. Simiidae Bonaparte 1850
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G. †Palaeosimia Pilgrim 1915
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Palaeosimia rugosidens Pilgrim 1915
Invalid names: Cynocephalina Gray 1825 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available