Mammalia - Primates - Homunculidae
Full reference: R. F. Kay. 2010. A new primate from the early Miocene of Gran Barranca, Chubut Province, Argentina: paleoecological implications. The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia 220-239
Belongs to Mazzonicebus according to R. F. Kay 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MPEF-PV 6752, a mandible (mandible with symphysis and left i1-m1). Its type locality is Gran Barranca - southern cliff of lake Colhué Huapí, which is in a Colhuehuapian terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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