Mammalia - Primates

Full reference: M. Bond, M. Tejedor, K. E. Campbell, L. Chornogubsky, N. Novo and F. Goin. 2015. Eocene primates of South America and the African origins of New World monkeys. Nature 520:538-541

Parent taxon: Anthropoidea according to M. Bond et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Afrotarsiidae, Amamria, Amphipithecidae, Arctopithecini, Aseanpithecus, Catarrhini, Eosimiidae, Neopithecini, Oligopithecidae, Paleopithecini, Parapithecoidea, Platyrrhini, Proteopithecidae, Notnamaia, Protoanthropoidea, Aotidae

Subtaxa: Perupithecus ucayaliensis

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Santa Rosa (LACM Loc. 6289) (Oligocene of Peru)

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