Alternative combination: Laventiana annectens
Full reference: A. L. Rosenberger, T. Setoguchi, and W. C. Hertwig. 1991. Laventiana annectens, new genus and species: fossil evidence for the origins of callitrichine New World monkeys. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 88(6):2137-2140
Belongs to Dolichocebus according to A. L. Rosenberger 2019
See also Kay and Meldrum 1997, Meldrum and Kay 1997, Rosenberger et al. 1991 and Takai 1994
Sister taxon: Dolichocebus gaimanensis
Type specimen: IGM-KU 8801, a partial skeleton (young adult mandible with right and left C-M2 (8801a) and associated right talus (8801b)). Its type locality is Masato Site, which is in a Laventan/Mayoan terrestrial horizon in the Villavieja Formation of Colombia.
Ecology: arboreal frugivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Masato Site
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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