Nuciruptor rubricae Meldrum and Kay 1997 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Pitheciidae

Full reference: D. J. Meldrum and R. F. Kay. 1997. Nuciruptor rubricae, a new pitheciin seed predator from the Miocene of Colombia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 102(3):407-427

Belongs to Nuciruptor according to D. J. Meldrum and R. F. Kay 1997

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IGM 251074, a mandible (mandible, preserving the fused symphysis, right corpus and portions of the ascending ramus, left I1, and right C1–M2.)

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at IGM-DU Locality 032 (Miocene of Colombia)

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