Panamacebus Bloch et al. 2016 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Cebidae

Full reference: J. I. Bloch, E. D. Woodruff, A. R. Wood, A. F. Rincon, A. R. Harrington, G. S. Morgan, D. A. Foster, C. Montes, C. A. Jarmillo, N. A. Jud, D. S. Jones and B. J. MacFadden. 2016. First North American fossil monkey and early Miocene tropical biotic interchange. Nature 533:243-246

Parent taxon: Cebidae according to J. I. Bloch et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Acrecebus, Branisellinae, Callitrichinae, Cebinae, Cebupithecinae, Saimiri, Saimiriinae, Sapajus, Stirtoninae, Tremacebinae

Subtaxa: Panamacebus transitus

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Type: Panamacebus transitus

Ecology: arboreal frugivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Lirio Norte (Las Cascadas Fm) ( of Panama)

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