After Simons, Andrews & Pilbeam, 1978, Harrison, 2002, and Ward & Duren, 2002
<==o †Proconsulidae Leakey, 1963 |--o †Proconsulinae Leakey, 1963 | `--o †Proconsul Hopwood, 1933 [Xenopithecus Hopwood, 1933a;] | |-- †P. africanus Hopwood, 1933b [Xenopithecus koruensis Hopwood, 1933a] | |-- †P. nyanzae Le Gros Clark & Leakey, 1950 [Sivapithecus africanus Clark & Leakey, 1950; Kenyapithecus africanus Leakey, 1967] | |-- †P. major Le Gros Clark & Leakey, 1950 | `-- †P. heseloni Walker et al., 1993 [Heliopithecus??] |--o †Afropithecinae Andrews, 1992 | |-- †Heliopithecus leakeyi Andrews & Martin, 1987 | |-- †Nacholapithecus kerioi Ishida et al., 1999 | |-- †Equatorius africanus Ward et al., 1999 [Kenyapithecus africanus??] | `-- †Afropithecus turkanensis Leakey & Leakey, 1986 `--o †Nyanzapithecinae Harrision, 2002 |--o †Nyanzapithecus Harrison, 1986 | |-- †N. vancouveringorum (Andrews, 1974) | |-- †N. pickfordi Harrison, 1986 | `-- †N. harrisoni Kunimatsu, 1997 |-- †Mabokopithecus clarki von Koenigswald, 1969 |-- †Rangwapithecus gordoni Andrews, 1974 [Proconsul Hopwood, 1933; Dryopithecus] `-- †Turkanapithecus kalakolensis Leakey & Leakey, 1986
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