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Pliopithecinae

Mammalia - Primates - Pliopithecidae

Taxonomy
Pliopithecinae was named by Zapfe (1961). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pliopithecidae by Harrison et al. (1991), Harrison and Gu (1999), Rossie and MacLatchy (2006) and Alba et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Pliopithecinae Zapfe
1991Pliopithecinae Harrison et al. p. 332
1999Pliopithecinae Harrison and Gu p. 259
2006Pliopithecinae Rossie and MacLatchy p. 577
2009Pliopithecinae Alba et al.

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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
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderCatarrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
superfamilyPliopithecoideaZapfe 1961
familyPliopithecidaeZapfe 1961
subfamilyPliopithecinaeZapfe 1961
subfamilyPliopithecinaeZapfe 1961

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. †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. †Barberapithecus Alba and Moyà-Solà 2012
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Barberapithecus huerzeleri Alba and Moyà-Solà 2012
G. †Anapithecus Kretzoi 1975
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Anapithecus hernyaki Kretzoi 1975
G. †Egarapithecus Moyà‐Solà et al. 2001
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Egarapithecus narcisoi Moyà‐Solà et al. 2001
G. †Laccopithecus Wu and Pan 1984
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Laccopithecus robustus Wu and Pan 1984
G. †Plesiopliopithecus Zapfe 1961
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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 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