Chilecebus
| Chilecebus carrascoensis Temporal range: Early Miocene (Colhuehuapian) ~21.0–17.5 Ma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Cebidae |
| Genus: | Chilecebus |
| Species: | C. carrascoensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Chilecebus carrascoensis Flynn, Wyss, Charrier and Swisher, 1995 | |
Chilecebus carrascoensis is an extinct species of New World monkey that lived in what is now Chile (Abanico Formation) during the Early Miocene some 20 million years ago.[1] It had a body mass of about 1.3 pounds (590 g).
References
- ↑ Chilecebus at Fossilworks.org
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