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

  1. 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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