Chilecebus carrascoensis Flynn et al. 1995 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates

Full reference: J. J. Flynn, A. R. Wyss, R. Charrier and C. C. Swisher. 1995. An Early Miocene anthropoid skull from the Chilean Andes. Nature 373(6515):603-607

Belongs to Chilecebus according to J. J. Flynn et al. 1995

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SGOPV 3213, a skull. Its type locality is Rio las Lenas, which is in a Colhuehuapian terrestrial horizon in the Abanico Formation of Chile.

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Rio las Lenas

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