They date from the Early Miocene, around 20 - 12 million years ago.

[1] Micropithecus clarki and Micropithecus leakeyorum may not be part Dendropithecidae, and may be sister to the crown Catarrhini (or, depending on the definition, the apes and the Cercopithecidae may have emerged in the Dendropithecidae).

[2] The later Nyanzapithecinae (including Oreopithecus († 7 Ma)[3]) appear to be sister to Simiolus.

[2] Cercopithecoidea Dendropithecus Simiolus Turkanapithecus Rangwapithecus Oreopithecus Rukwapithecus Nyanzapithecus advanced Hominoidea The taxa included in Dendropithecidae, possess the following traits:[4] Micropithecus appears to be sister to the crown catarrhini.

This prehistoric primate-related article is a stub.