Full reference: T. Setoguchi and A. L. Rosenberger. 1987. A fossil owl monkey from La Venta, Colombia. Nature 692-694
Belongs to Aotus according to M. Takai et al. 2009
See also Kay 1989 and Setoguchi and Rosenberger 1987
Sister taxa: Aotus azarae, Aotus brumbacki, Aotus griseimembra, Aotus jorgehernandezi, Aotus lemurinus, Aotus miconax, Aotus nancymaae, Aotus nigriceps, Aotus trivirgatus, Aotus vociferans, Aotus zonalis
Type specimen: IGM-KU 8601, a partial skull (left hemimandible with right I1-leftM3 and a left maxillary fragment preserving roots of P3-M2 and the lingual half of M3). Its type locality is El Dinde Locality 9-86-A, which is in a Laventan terrestrial horizon in the Villavieja Formation of Colombia.
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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