Pongini

Pongini
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Superfamily: Hominoidea
Family: Hominidae
Subfamily: Ponginae
Tribe: Pongini
Andrews, 1992
Genera

Pongini is a tribe containing the orangutan and the fossil genus Khoratpithecus.

References

  1. ↑ Cameron, D. W. (1997). "A revised systematic scheme for the Eurasian Miocene fossil Hominidae". Journal of Human Evolution. 33 (4): 449–477. doi:10.1006/jhev.1997.0145. PMID 9361253.
  2. ↑ Miyamoto, M. (1990-01-01). "DNA Systematics And Evolution Of Primates". Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 21 (1): 197–220. doi:10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.21.1.197. ISSN 0066-4162.