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Pitheciidae
Taxonomy
Pitheciidae was named by Mivart (1865). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Opazo et al. (2006).
It was reranked as the subfamily Pitheciinae by Setoguchi and Rosenberger (1987) and Barnett (2005).
It was assigned to Atelidae by Setoguchi and Rosenberger (1987); to Cebidae by Barnett (2005); and to Platyrrhini by MacPhee et al. (2003) and Opazo et al. (2006).
It was reranked as the subfamily Pitheciinae by Setoguchi and Rosenberger (1987) and Barnett (2005).
It was assigned to Atelidae by Setoguchi and Rosenberger (1987); to Cebidae by Barnett (2005); and to Platyrrhini by MacPhee et al. (2003) and Opazo et al. (2006).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1865 | Pitheciidae Mivart |
| 1987 | Pitheciinae Setoguchi and Rosenberger p. 692 |
| 2003 | Pitheciidae MacPhee et al. p. 15 |
| 2005 | Pitheciinae Barnett p. 1 |
| 2006 | Pitheciidae Opazo et al. p. 276 |
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