Carlocebus carmenensis Fleagle 1990 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates

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 Carlocebus according to J. G. Fleagle 1990

Sister taxon: Carlocebus intermedius

Type specimen: MACN-SC 266, a mandible (Mandibular ramus preserviing rp4 m1-2 and alveoli for p2-4 m3). Its type locality is El Carmen Lower, 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 (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections including 10 occurrences

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