Insulacebus
| Insulacebus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorrhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Parvorder: | Platyrrhini E. Geoffroy, 1812 |
| Superfamily: | Ateloidea |
| Tribe: | Aotini |
| Genus: | †Insulacebus Cooke, Rosenberger & Turvey, 2011 |
| Species: | †I. toussaintiana |
| Binomial name | |
| †Insulacebus toussaintiana Cooke, Rosenberger & Turvey, 2011 | |
Insulacebus toussaintiana is an extinct monkey found on the island of Hispaniola from Late Quaternary deposits. Fossils of I. toussaintiana have been recovered from the Plain of Formon, Department du Sud, southwestern Haiti.[1]
References
- ↑ Cooke, S.B.; Rosenberger, A.L.; Turvey, S. (2011). "An extinct monkey from Haiti and the origins of the Greater Antillean primates". PNAS 108 (7): 2699–2704. doi:10.1073/pnas.1009161108.
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