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Dryopithecini

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Extinct tribe of apes

Dryopithecini
Temporal range: Miocene 12–7 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Mandible fragment of Dryopithecus fontani from Saint-Gaudens, France (Middle Miocene, 11.5 Mya); cast from Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Hominidae
Subfamily: Homininae
Tribe: Dryopithecini
Genera

Dryopithecini is an extinct tribe of Eurasian and African great apes that are believed to be close to the ancestry of gorillas, chimpanzees and humans. Members of this tribe are known as dryopithecines.

Taxonomy

References

  1. Haaramo, Mikko (2005-01-14). "Hominoidea". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive.
  2. Moya-Sola, S.; Alba, D. M.; Almecija, S.; Casanovas-Vilar, I.; Kohler, M.; De Esteban-Trivigno, S.; Robles, J. M.; Galindo, J.; Fortuny, J. (2009). "A unique Middle Miocene European hominoid and the origins of the great ape and human clade". PNAS. 106 (24): 9601–9606. Bibcode:2009PNAS..106.9601M. doi:10.1073/pnas.0811730106. PMC 2701031. PMID 19487676.
Haplorhini
Haplorhini
"Omomyidae"
Microchoerinae
"Anaptomorphinae"
"Omomyinae"
Tarkadectinae
Tarsiiformes
Tarsiidae
Simiiformes
    • see below↓
Teilhardina sp.
Simiiformes
Simiiformes
Afrotarsiidae?
Eosimiidae
Amphipithecidae
Parapithecoidea
Proteopithecidae
Parapithecidae
Platyrrhini
Aotidae
Pitheciidae
Atelidae
Cebidae
Callitrichidae
Catarrhini
    • see below↓
Eosimias sinensis
Catarrhini
Catarrhini
Oligopithecidae
Propliopithecidae
Pliopithecoidea
Pliopithecidae
Dionysopithecidae
Crouzeliidae
Cercopithecoidea
Victoriapithecidae
Colobinae
Cercopithecinae
Cercopithecini
Papionini
Hominoidea
    • see below↓
Aegyptopithecus zeuxis
Hominoidea
Hominoidea
Dendropithecidae
Hylobatidae
Hominidae
Ponginae
Homininae
Dryopithecini
Gorillini
Hominini
Hominina
Gigantopithecus blacki
Taxon identifiers
Dryopithecini


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