†family Proconsulidae Leakey 1963 (ape)
Parent taxon: Hominoidea according to I. S. Zalmout et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Chororapithecus, Equatorius, Hominidae, Hylobatidae, Kamoyapithecus, Langsonia, Samburupithecus
Subtaxa: Afropithecus, Heliopithecus, Morotopithecus, Nacholapithecus, Nyanzapithecus, Proconsul, Proconsulinae, Rangwapithecus, Turkanapithecus, Xenopithecus
Ecology: arboreal omnivore