Synonym: Simiiformes Hofstetter 1977
Parent taxon: Haplorhini according to J.G. Fleagle 2013
See also Alba and Moyà-Solà 2012, Alba et al. 2009, Beard et al. 1994, Beard et al. 1996, 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, Cooke et al. 2011, Delson et al. 2005, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gebo et al. 1997, Gilbert et al. 2020, Godinot and Mahboubi 1992, Gregory 1910, Harrison 1989, Harrison et al. 1991, Hlusko 2007, Kay 2010, Kay et al. 2019, Kay et al. 2004, Koufos et al. 1991, Kunimatsu 1997, Maw et al. 1979, Mivart 1873, Moyà-Solà et al. 2004, Moyà‐Solà et al. 2001, Nengo et al. 2017, Pallas et al. 2019, Plavcan et al. 2019, Poux and Douzery 2004, Rosenberger 2006, Rossie and MacLatchy 2006, Schwartz et al. 1995, Seiffert et al. 2005, Simons 1989, Simons 1992, Simons 1997, Simons 2001, Simons and Chopra 1969, Simons et al. 1987, Tejedor et al. 2006, Ward et al. 1999, White et al. 1994, White et al. 1995, Wilson and Reeder 2005 and Wortman 1903
Sister taxon: Tarsiiformes
Subtaxa: Afrotarsiidae Amamria Amphipithecidae Aotidae Arctopithecini Aseanpithecus Catarrhini Eosimiidae Neopithecini Notnamaia Oligopithecidae Paleopithecini Parapithecoidea Perupithecus Platyrrhini Proteopithecidae Protoanthropoidea
Ecology: arboreal omnivore