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Taxon: Family †Proconsulidae Leakey, 1963 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Questionably Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825

Current position

Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 446; Benton, 2015: box 11.3 (p. 413 fig. a).

Alternative positions

Proconsuloidea (Superfamily) Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 417).

Historical positions

Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 446, box 11.3 (p. 413 fig. a).
Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: C.P. Groves & J. Kingdon, 2013: 31.
Proconsuloidea (Superfamily) Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 2013: App. 1 (p. 417).
Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 403.
Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: E. Delson et al., 2000: xxvi.
Hominoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1825 Ref: J.G. Fleagle, 1998: 580.

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †21g;7s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 [; †10g]
2013 J.G. Fleagle: App. 1 (p. 418) [; †13g]
2000 E. Delson et al.: xxvi [; †4g]
1998 J.G. Fleagle: 580 [; †10g]
1998 J.G. Fleagle: 580 [; †10g]
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Last updated: 21 Sep 2025