Family Hominidae Gray 1825 (ape)
PaleoDB taxon number: 40899
Synonyms: Dryopithecidae (no. 133698), Oreopithecidae Schwalbe 1915 (no. 40881), Pongidae Elliot 1913 (no. 40892)
Parent taxon: Hominoidea according to T. Harrison 2010
Sister taxa: Chororapithecus, Equatorius, Hylobatidae, Langsonia, Proconsulidae, Rukwapithecus, Samburupithecus
Subtaxa: Australopithecinae, Cercopithecina, Danuvius, Dryopithecinae, Gorilla, Hominina, Homininae, Homo troglodytes, Lufengpithecus, Oreopithecus, Pierolapithecus, Ponginae, Preanthropinae, Presbytina, Simiina
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore