Branisella boliviana

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iBranisella boliviana
Fossil range: Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Parvorder: Platyrrhini
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Branisella
Species: B. boliviana
Binomial name
Branisella boliviana
Hoffstetter, 1969

Branisella boliviana is an extinct species of New World monkey that lived in what is now Bolivia during the late Oligocene. It is the oldest fossil New World Monkey discovered. It was found in Bolivia by the paleonthologist Leonardo Branisa, and it was named after him.

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