Solimoea

Solimoea acrensis
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Atelidae
Genus: Solimoea
Kay, 2006
Species: S. acrensis
Binomial name
Solimoea acrensis
Kay, 2006

Solimoea acrensis is a prehistoric ateline monkey from the Late Miocene of Brazil.[1] It is the only known species of the genus Solimoea.

References

  1. Kay RF & Cozzuol MA (2006). "New platyrrhine monkeys from the Solimões Formation (late Miocene, Acre State, Brazil)". Journal of Human Evolution 50 (6): 673–686. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.01.002. PMID 16530809.
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