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Homininae

Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Homininae Gray
1977Homininae Pilbeam et al. p. 695
1982Homininae Andrews and Cronin p. 545
1992Homininae Andrews p. 641
1997Homininae Cameron
2002Homininae Begun
2003Homininae Cela-Conde and Ayala
2010Homininae 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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
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
subfamilyHomininaeGray 1825

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.

Subfm. Homininae Gray 1825
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G. †Dryopithecus Lartet 1856
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Subg. †Dryopithecus (Rangwapithecus) Andrews 1974
Dryopithecus chinjiensis Pilgrim 1915
Dryopithecus fontani Lartet 1856
Dryopithecus mogharensis Fourtau 1918
Invalid names: Indopithecus von Koenigswald 1949 [synonym], Rangwapithecus (Ataxopithecus) Kretzoi 1984 [invalid subgroup], Rudapithecus Kretzoi 1969 [synonym]
Tr. †Graecopithecini Cameron 1997
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G. †Graecopithecus von Koenigswald 1972
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Graecopithecus freybergi von Koenigswald 1972
Invalid names: Ouranopithecus de Bonis and Melentis 1977 [synonym]
Tr. Hominini Gray 1825
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G. †Ardipithecus White et al. 1995
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Ardipithecus kadabba Haile-Selassie et al. 2004
Ardipithecus ramidus White et al. 1994
G. †Australopithecus Dart 1925 [australopithecine]
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Australopithecus afarensis Johanson et al. 1978
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Invalid names: Homo antiquus Ferguson 1984 [synonym], Homo antiquus praegens Ferguson 1989 [invalid subgroup], Praeanthropus afarensis Strait and Grine 2004 [synonym], Praeanthropus africanus Weinert 1950 [synonym]
Australopithecus anamensis Ward et al. 1999
Australopithecus deyiremeda Haile-Selassie et al. 2015
Australopithecus garhi Asfaw et al. 1999
Australopithecus sediba Berger et al. 2010
Invalid names: Paraustralopithecus Arambourg and Coppens 1967 [synonym], Plesianthropus Broom 1938 [synonym], Zinjanthropus Leakey 1959 [synonym]
G. Homo Linnaeus 1758 [human]
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Homo antecessor Bermudez de Castro 1997
Homo erectus Dubois 1892
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Invalid names: Homo ergaster Groves and Mazak 1975 [synonym]
Homo floresiensis Brown et al. 2004 [hobbit]
Homo georgicus Gabounia et al. 2002
Homo habilis Leakey et al. 1964
Homo heidelbergensis Schoetensack 1908
Homo helmei Dreyer 1935
Homo naledi Berger et al. 2015
Homo neanderthalensis King 1864 [Neanderthal]
Homo njarasensis Reck and Kohl-Larsen 1936
Homo rhodesiensis Woodward 1921
Homo rudolfensis Alexeev 1986
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 [human]
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Homo sapiens asiaticus Linnaeus 1758
Homo sapiens europaeus Linnaeus 1758
Homo sapiens ferus Linnaeus 1758
Homo sapiens idaltu White et al. 2003
Homo sapiens afer Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Africanthropus Dreyer 1935 [synonym], Atlanthropus Arambourg 1954 [synonym], Bimanes Gray 1821 [invalid subgroup], Cyphanthropus Pycraft 1928 [synonym], Kenyanthropus Leakey 2001 [synonym], Pithecanthropus Dubois 1894 [synonym], Protanthropus Haeckel 1895 [synonym], Sinanthropus Black 1927 [synonym], Tchadanthropus Coppens 1965 [synonym], Telanthropus Broom and Anderson 1949 [synonym]
Subtr. Panina Delson 1977
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G. Pan Oken 1816 [chimpanzee]
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Pan paniscus Schwartz 1929 [bonobo]
Pan troglodytes Blumenbach 1775 [chimpanzee]
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Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii Giglioli 1872 [eastern chimpanzee]
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Invalid names: Simia (Anthropopithecus) cottoni Matschie 1912 [synonym]
Pan troglodytes troglodytes Blumenbach 1775 [central chimpanzee]
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Invalid names: Anthropopithecus ellioti Matschie 1914 [synonym], Troglodytes niger Geoffroy 1812 [synonym], Troglodytes vellerosus Gray 1862 [synonym]
Pan troglodytes verus Schwarz 1934 [western chimpanzee]
Pithecus satyrus wurmbii Tiedemann 1808
Invalid names: Pan africanus Oken 1816 [synonym], Pan satyrus Linnaeus 1758 [replaced]
Invalid names: Anthropopithecus de Blainville 1839 [synonym], Bonobo Tratz and Heck 1954 [synonym], Chimpansee Voigt 1831 [synonym], Engeco Haeckel 1866 [synonym], Fsihego De Pauw 1905 [synonym], Hylanthropus Gloger 1841 [synonym], Mimetes Leach 1820 [synonym], Pongo Haeckel 1866 [synonym], Pseudanthropos Reichenbach 1862 [synonym], Theranthropus Brookes 1828 [synonym], Troglodytes Geoffroy 1812 [replaced]
G. †Sahelanthropus Brunet et al. 2002
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Sahelanthropus tchadensis Brunet et al. 2002
Invalid names: Gorillini Hürzeler 1968 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available