Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Primates

Original position

Questionably Primates (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Original entries

Questionably †Draconodus (Genus) Tomida, 1982

Subsequent entries

†Picrodus (Genus) Douglass, 1908
†Zanycteris (Genus) Matthew, 1917

Current position

†Paromomyoidea (Superfamily) Simpson, 1940

Ref: K.D. Rose, 2006: table 10.2.

Alternative positions

†Paramomyoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 632.
†Plesiadapiformes (Order) Simons & Tattersall, 1972	Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 1998: table 11.4.
Primates (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 325.

Historical positions

†Paromomyoidea (Superfamily) Simpson, 1940	Ref: K.D. Rose, 2006: table 10.2.
†Plesiadapiformes (Order) Simons & Tattersall, 1972	Ref: L.L. Mai et al., 2005: 574.
†Paromomyoidea (Superfamily) Simpson, 1940	Ref: E. Delson et al., 2000: xxiii.
†Plesiadapiformes (Order) Simons & Tattersall, 1972	Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 1998: table 11.4.
Primates (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 325.
†Paramomyoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 632.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†3g;3s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[; †3g;3s]
2005	L.L. Mai et al.: 574	[; †3g;3s]
2000	E. Delson et al.: xxiii	[; †2g]
1998	J.G. Fleagle: table 11.4	[; †3g;3s]
1998	J.G. Fleagle: table 11.4	[; †3g;3s]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[; †3g]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[; †3g]