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Gorillini (disused)

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Taxonomy
Gorillinae was named by Hürzeler (1968). It is extant.

It was reranked as the tribe Gorillini by Andrews (1992) and Harrison (2010).

It was assigned to Hominidae by Andrews and Cronin (1982); and to Homininae by Andrews (1992) and Harrison (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Gorillinae Hürzeler
1982Gorillinae Andrews and Cronin p. 545
1992Gorillini Andrews p. 644
2010Gorillini Harrison

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyHominoideaGray 1825
familyHominidaeGray 1825
subfamilyHomininaeGray 1825
tribeGorillini(Hürzeler 1968)
tribeGorillini(Hürzeler 1968)

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.

Tr. Gorillini Hürzeler 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available