Tremacebus

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Tremacebus
Fossil range: Late Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Aotidae
Genus: Tremacebus
Hershkovitz, 1974
Species: T. harringtoni
Binomial name
Tremacebus harringtoni
(Rusconi, 1933)

Tremacebus harringtoni is an extinct genus of New World monkey.

Tremacebus was about 1 m (3 ft 4 in) long creature similar to the modern night monkey to which it is related. Only a few fossils have been found, including a skull from Patagonia.

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