†Nanopithecus browni Plavcan et al. 2019 (monkey)
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Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Full reference: J.M. Plavcan, C.V. Ward, R.F. Kay and F.K. Manthi. 2019. A diminutive Pliocene guenon from Kanapoi, West Turkana, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution
Belongs to Nanopithecus according to J.M. Plavcan et al. 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: KNM-KP 53150 A and B, a set of teeth (right m3 and m2 found in association). Its type locality is Kanapoi Nzube's Mandible Site, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in the Kanapoi Formation of Kenya.
Ecology: arboreal frugivore-folivore
Distribution: found only at Kanapoi Nzube's Mandible Site
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