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Pliopithecidae
Taxonomy
Pliopithecidae was named by Zapfe (1961). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Catarrhini by Ciochon and Corruccini (1977); to Hominoidea by Carroll (1988); and to Pliopithecoidea by Harrison et al. (1991), Harrison and Gu (1999), Moyà‐Solà et al. (2001), Rossie and MacLatchy (2006), Alba et al. (2009), Alba and Moyà-Solà (2012).
It was assigned to Catarrhini by Ciochon and Corruccini (1977); to Hominoidea by Carroll (1988); and to Pliopithecoidea by Harrison et al. (1991), Harrison and Gu (1999), Moyà‐Solà et al. (2001), Rossie and MacLatchy (2006), Alba et al. (2009), Alba and Moyà-Solà (2012).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1961 | Pliopithecidae Zapfe |
| 1977 | Pliopithecidae Ciochon and Corruccini p. 297 |
| 1988 | Pliopithecidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Pliopithecidae Harrison et al. p. 332 |
| 1999 | Pliopithecidae Harrison and Gu p. 231 |
| 2001 | Pliopithecidae Moyà‐Solà et al. |
| 2006 | Pliopithecidae Rossie and MacLatchy p. 577 |
| 2009 | Pliopithecidae Alba et al. |
| 2012 | Pliopithecidae Alba and Moyà-Solà |
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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.
Fm. †Pliopithecidae Zapfe 1961
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Subfm. †Dionysopithecinae Harrison and Gu 1999
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G. †Dionysopithecus Li 1978
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†Dionysopithecus orientalis Suteethorn and Buffetaut 1990
†Dionysopithecus shuangouensis Li 1978
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Invalid names: Hylobates tianganhuensis Lei 1985 [synonym], Pliopithecus wangi Lei 1985 [synonym]
G. †Platodontopithecus Gu and Lin 1983
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†Platodontopithecus jianghuaiensis Gu and Lin 1983
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Invalid names: Dryopithecus sihongensis Lei 1985 [synonym]
Subfm. †Pliopithecinae Zapfe 1961
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Tr. †Crouzeliini Ginsburg and Mein 1980
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Tr. †Anapithecini Alba and Moyà-Solà 2012
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G. †Plesiopliopithecus Zapfe 1961
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†Plesiopliopithecus lockeri Zapfe 1961
Invalid names: Crouzelia Ginsburg and Mein 1980 [synonym]
Tr. †Pliopithecini Zapfe 1961
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G. †Pliopithecus Gervais 1849
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Subg. †Pliopithecus (Epipliopithecus) Zapfe and Hürzeler 1957
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†Pliopithecus (Epipliopithecus) vindobonensis Zapfe and Hürzeler 1957
†Pliopithecus antiquus Blainville 1839
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Invalid names: Pliopithecus piveteaui Hürzeler 1954 [synonym]
†Pliopithecus canmatensis Alba et al. 2009
†Pliopithecus platyodon Biedermann 1863
†Pliopithecus vindobonensis Zapfe and Hürzeler 1957
†Pliopithecus zhanxiangi Harrison et al. 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Collections (29 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miocene | Spain (Catalonia) | Barberapithecus huerzeleri (201475) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Jiangsu) | Dionysopithecus shuangouensis, Platodontopithecus jianghuaiensis (43400) | |
| Burdigalian - Tortonian | France | Pliopithecus piveteaui (187580) | |
| MN 3 - MN 5 | France | Pliopithecus piveteui (94801) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Bayern) | Pliopithecus antiquus (44977) | |
| Langhian | France (Maine-et-Loire) | Pliopithecus pivetaui (148396) | |
| Langhian | France | Pliopithecus piveteaui (90354) | |
| MN 5 | Germany | Pliopithecidae indet., Pliopithecus antiquus (46955) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | Pliopithecus antiquus (42588 42596) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | France (Midi-Pyrenees) | Pliopithecus antiquus (32191) | |
| Middle Miocene | China (Nei Mongol) | P. sp. (230437) | |
| Middle Miocene | Austria (Salzach) | Pliopithecus lockeri (34538) | |
| Langhian - Tortonian | France (Maine-et-Loire) | Pliopithecus piveteaui (142149) | |
| Serravallian | China (Ningxia) | Pliopithecus sp. (42539) | |
| MN 6 | China (Gansu) | Pliopithecus sp. (71105) | |
| MN 6 | Slovakia (Bratislava) | Pliopithecus vindobonensis (69711) | |
| MN 6 - MN 7 + 8 | Slovakia | Pliopithecus antiquus (69712) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | Switzerland (Thurgau) | Pliopithecus antiquus (46277) | |
| Tortonian | China (Yunnan) | Laccopithecus robustus (11798) | |
| Tortonian | Germany (Bavaria) | Pliopithecidae indet. (206345) | |
| Vallesian | Spain (Catalonia) | Egarapithecus narcisoi (201482) | |
| MN 9 | Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) | Anapithecus hernyaki (75481) | |
| Turolian | China (Yunnan) | Laccopithecus robustus (44219 44220 44221 44222 44223 44224) |