Table 2.
Updated classification of pliopithecoids to the subfamily rank based on the published literature8,20, and this study
| Superfamily Pliopithecoidea |
| Family Dionysopithecidae |
| Genus Dionysopithecus |
| Dionysopithecus shuangouensis |
| Dionysopithecus orientalis |
| Genus Platodontopithecus |
| Platodontopithecus jianghuaiensis |
| Family Pliopithecidae* |
| Genus Epipliopithecus |
| Epipliopithecus vindobonensis |
| Genus Pliopithecus |
| Pliopithecus antiquus |
| Pliopithecus bii |
| Pliopithecus canmatensis |
| Pliopithecus piveteaui |
| Pliopithecus platyodon |
| Pliopithecus zhanxiangi |
| Family Crouzeliidae |
| Subfamily Anapithecinae |
| Genus Anapithecus |
| Anapithecus hernyaki |
| ?Anapithecus priensis |
| Genus Egarapithecus |
| Egarapithecus narcisoi |
| Genus Fanchangia |
| Fanchangia jini |
| Genus Krishnapithecus |
| Krishnapithecus krishnaii |
| Genus Laccopithecus |
| Laccopithecus robustus |
| Subfamily Crouzeliinae |
| Genus Barberapithecus |
| Barberapithecus huerzeleri |
| Genus Crouzelia |
| Crouzelia auscitanensis |
| Crouzelia rhodanica |
| Genus Plesiopliopithecus |
| Plesiopliopithecus lockeri |
| Genus Pliobates |
| Pliobates cataloniae |
Taxa denoted with an asterisk are likely paraphyletic. Pliopithecus antiquus is provisionally retained within the Pliopithecidae despite our cladistic results supporting a closer link with the Crouzeliidae (rendering the former paraphyletic). Based on our results, Krishnapithecus is included within the Anapithecinae (with Krishnapithecidae being a junior synonym of Crouzeliidae). Kapi might also belong to the Anapithecinae, given the similarities with Krishnapithecus noted by Ji et al.8, but we prefer to leave it as incertae sedis at the superfamily rank given that it was not included in our cladistic analysis. The Mörgen material is left unassigned to genus given the lack of lower teeth.