Parent taxon: Catarrhini according to T. Harrison 2010
See also Alba et al. 2012, Andrews and Simons 1977, Begun 1992, Begun 2002, Berger et al. 2010, Brown et al. 2004, Brunet et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Chaimanee et al. 2003, Chaimanee et al. 2004, Conroy et al. 1992, Gebo et al. 1997, Gilbert et al. 2020, Harrison 2016, Harrison and Andrews 2009, Ishida et al. 1999, Kelley 2002, Kunimatsu 1997, Leakey and Leakey 1986, Leakey and Leakey 1986, McNulty et al. 2015, Moyà-Solà et al. 2004, Nengo et al. 2017, Poux and Douzery 2004, Schwartz et al. 1995, Simons 1965, Simons 1989, Simons 1992, Simons 1997, Simons and Chopra 1969, Simons et al. 1987, Ward et al. 1999, White et al. 1994, White et al. 1995 and Zalmout et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Cercopithecoidea, Dendropithecoidea, Eucatarrhini, Kalepithecus, Kamoyapithecus, Kansupithecus, Kogolepithecus, Krishnapithecus, Krishnapithecus krishnaii, Nyanzapithecinae, Pliobates, Pliopithecoidea, Propliopithecidae, Propliopithecoidea, Saadanioidea
Subtaxa: Chororapithecus Ekembo Equatorius Hominidae Hylobatidae Langsonia Proconsulidae Rukwapithecus Samburupithecus
Ecology: arboreal omnivore