Panamacebus
| Panamacebus | |
|---|---|
| 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; Bruce J. MacFadden (2016). "First North American fossil monkey and early Miocene tropical biotic interchange". Nature. 533: 243–246. doi:10.1038/nature17415. PMID 27096364.
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