Mammalia - Primates

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

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore