Dolichocebus

Dolichocebus
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cebidae
Genus: Dolichocebus
Species: D. gaimanensis
Binomial name
Dolichocebus gaimanensis
Kraglievich, 1951

Dolichocebus gaimanensis is an extinct New World monkey species that lived in Argentine Patagonia about 25 million years ago.[1]

References

  1. Fleagle, J.G. and R.F. Kay (1989). "The dental morphology of Dolichocebus gaimanensis, a fossil monkey from Argentina". American Journal of Physical Anthropology 78: 221. doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330780206.
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