Biology:Chilecebus

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Short description: Extinct genus of monkeys

Chilecebus
Temporal range: Early Miocene (Colhuehuapian)
~21.0–17.5 Ma
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Atelidae
Genus: Chilecebus
Species:
C. carrascoensis
Binomial name
Chilecebus carrascoensis
Flynn, Wyss, Charrier and Swisher, 1995[1]

Chilecebus is an extinct genus of New World monkeys that lived in what is now Chile (Abanico Formation) during the Early Miocene some 20 million years ago. The type species is C. carrascoensis.[2] It had a body mass of about 1,000 g (35 oz).[3]

See also

  • List of fossil primates of South America

References

  1. Flynn, J. (16 February 1995). "An Early Miocene anthropoid skull from the Chilean Andes". Nature 373 (6515): 603–607. doi:10.1038/373603a0. PMID 7854415. Bibcode1995Natur.373..603F. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v373/n6515/abs/373603a0.html. 
  2. Chilecebus at Fossilworks.org
  3. Silvestro, Daniele; Tejedor, Marcelo F.; Serrano Serrano, Martha L.; Loiseau, Oriane; Rossier, Victor; Rolland, Jonathan; Zizka, Alexander; Antonelli, Alexandre et al. (2017). "Evolutionary history of New World monkeys revealed by molecular and fossil data". BioRxiv _: 1–32. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2017/08/18/178111.full.pdf. Retrieved 2019-02-20. 


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