Mammalia - Primates - Eosimiidae

Full reference: L. Marivaux, F. R. Negri, P.-O. Antoine, N. S. Stutz, F. L. Condamine, L. Kerber, F. Pujos, R. Ventura Santos, A. M. V. Alvim, A. S. Hsiou, M. C. Bissaro, Jr., K. Adami-Rodrigues, and A. M. Ribeiro. 2023. An eosimiid primate of South Asian affinities in the Paleogene of Western Amazonia and the origin of New World monkeys. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120(28):e230133812

Parent taxon: Eosimiidae according to L. Marivaux et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Bahinia, Eosimias, Phenacopithecus, Phileosimias, Sungulusimias

Subtaxa: Ashaninkacebus simpsoni

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Type: Ashaninkacebus simpsoni

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Ponto Rio Juruá 33 (Eocene to Oligocene of Brazil)

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