Subfamily Ponginae Elliot 1913 (ape)

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Parent taxon: Hominidae according to D. W. Cameron 1997

See also Andrews 1992, Chaimanee et al. 2003, Chaimanee et al. 2004, Jaeger et al. 2011, Kelley 2002 and Pilbeam et al. 1977

Sister taxa: Australopithecinae, Cercopithecina, Danuvius, Dryopithecinae, Gorilla, Hominina, Homininae, Homo troglodytes, Lufengpithecus, Oreopithecus, Pierolapithecus, Preanthropinae, Presbytina, Simiina

Subtaxa: Hispanopithecini Khoratpithecus Lufengpithecini Pongini Sivapithecini

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (12 collections), Indonesia (1), Laos (1), Malaysia (2), Thailand (2), Vietnam (8)

• Miocene of China (1), Hungary (1), India (3), Kenya (4), Myanmar (3), Nepal (1), Pakistan (2), Spain (1), Thailand (2), Turkey (1)

Total: 45 collections including 58 occurrences

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