Panamacebus
| Panamacebus Temporal range: 21 Ma | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Parvorder: | Platyrrhini |
| Family: | Cebidae? |
| Genus: | Panamacebus Bloch et al., 2016 |
| Type species | |
| Panamacebus transitus Bloch et al., 2016 | |
Panamacebus is an extinct genus of monkey known from the Miocene of Panama. It is so far the first known New World monkey of North America.[1]
References
- ↑ Jonathan I. Bloch, Emily D. Woodruff, Aaron R. Wood, Aldo F. Rincon, Arianna R. Harrington, Gary S. Morgan, David A. Foster, Camilo Montes, Carlos A. Jaramillo, Nathan A. Jud, Douglas S. Jones and Bruce J. MacFadden (2016). "First North American fossil monkey and early Miocene tropical biotic interchange". Nature. in press. doi:10.1038/nature17415.
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