Catarrhini

Catarrhini is a parvorder of monkeys and apes in the taxonimic ranking system. Along with many extinct superfamilies, they also include the still living Cercopithcoidea and Hominoidae. Above them is the order Simiiformes. According to Wikipedia Linnaeus places most species of monkeys in this group in 1758. As time went on tarsiers, monkeys from the Americas, and others were separated from this group. However, it contradicts itself as it says in 1812 Geoffroy established and named the group by combining Cercopithecoidae and Hominoidae together. Currently all living and extinct species of Catarrhini were considered to have originally evolved in Afro-Eurasia. For this reason, they are called old-world monkeys/apes/primates. Cercopithecoidae may also be called old-world monkeys and primates and apes. Unfortunately Wikipedia doesn't tell me when Catarrhini separated from other primate forms, but it was definitely at least 50 million years ago, maybe more.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catarrhini&oldid=1183831230 
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