Family Galeopithecidae Gray 1821 (colugo)
PaleoDB taxon number: 40330
Synonyms: Colugidae Miller 1906 (no. 253483), Cynocephalidae Simpson 1945 (no. 66282), Galeopteridae Thomas 1908 (no. 253484), Pleuropteridae Burnett 1829 (no. 253481), Pterocebineae Lesson 1840 (no. 253482)
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310
Parent taxon: Colugodontiformes according to K. C. Beard 1993
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Cynocephalus, Galeopithecina, Galeopterus
Ecology: arboreal folivore