Mammalia - Primates - Homunculidae
Full reference: J. G. Fleagle. 1990. New fossil platyrrhines from the Pinturas Formation, southern Argentina. Journal of Human Evolution 19(1-2):61-85
Belongs to Soriacebus according to J. G. Fleagle 1990
Sister taxon: Soriacebus ameghinorum
Type specimen: MACN-SC 59, a mandible (Partial mandible preserving rp3-4 the roots of rc1 p2 and incisor alveoli). Its type locality is Portezuelo Sumich Sur, Pinturas Fm., Lago Buenos Aires, Santa Cruz, which is in a Burdigalian terrestrial horizon in the Pinturas Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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