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Taxon: Superfamily †Parapithecoidea Schlosser, 1911 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Questionably Catarrhini (Infraorder) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812

Current position

Anthropoidea (Suborder) Mivart, 1864 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 446.

Alternative positions

Catarrhini (Infraorder) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 632).
Parapithecoidea (Infraorder) Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 418).

Historical positions

Anthropoidea (Suborder) Mivart, 1864 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 446.
Parapithecoidea (Infraorder) Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 418).
Catarrhini (Infraorder) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 632).

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †1f;7g;5s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 2 Jun 2022 [; †1f;7g]
2013 J.G. Fleagle: App. 1 (p. 418) [; †1f;7g]
1988 R.L. Carroll: 632 [; †1f]
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