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Taxonomy
Atelidae was named by Gray (1825) [includes howler monkeys and spider monkeys]. It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Opazo et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Simiiformes by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Platyrrhini by Setoguchi and Rosenberger (1987), Carroll (1988), Hartwig and Cartelle (1996), MacPhee and Horovitz (2002) and Opazo et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Simiiformes by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Platyrrhini by Setoguchi and Rosenberger (1987), Carroll (1988), Hartwig and Cartelle (1996), MacPhee and Horovitz (2002) and Opazo et al. (2006).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Atelidae Gray |
| 1987 | Atelidae Setoguchi and Rosenberger p. 692 |
| 1988 | Atelidae Carroll |
| 1996 | Atelidae Hartwig and Cartelle p. 307 |
| 2002 | Atelidae MacPhee and Horovitz |
| 2005 | Atelidae Wilson and Reeder |
| 2006 | Atelidae Opazo et al. p. 276 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Atelidae Gray 1825
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G. Alouatta Lacépède 1799 [howler monkey]
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Alouatta arctoidea Cabrera 1940 [ursine howler monkey]
Alouatta belzebul Linnaeus 1766 [red-handed howler]
Alouatta caraya Humboldt 1812 [black howler]
Alouatta coibensis Thomas 1902
Alouatta discolor Spix 1823 [Spix's red-handed howler monkey]
Alouatta guariba Humboldt 1811 [brown howler monkey]
Alouatta macconnelli Elliot 1910 [guyanan red howler monkey]
†Alouatta mauroi Tejedor et al. 2008
Alouatta nigerrima Lönnberg 1941
Alouatta palliatus Gray 1849 [mantled howler]
Alouatta pigra Lawrence 1933
Alouatta sara Elliot 1910 [Bolivian red howler]
Alouatta seniculus Linnaeus 1766 [Venezuelan red howler]
Alouatta seniculus juara Elliot 1910 [Juruá red howler]
Alouatta ululata Eliot 1912
Invalid names: Mycetes Illiger 1811 [synonym]
G. Ateles Geoffroy 1806
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Ateles belzebuth Geoffroy 1806
Ateles chamek Humboldt 1811 [black-faced spider monkey]
Ateles fusciceps Gray 1866 [black-headed spider monkey]
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Ateles fusciceps robustus Allen 1914 [Colombian black spider monkey]
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Invalid names: Ateles dariensis Goldman 1915 [synonym]
Ateles fusciceps rufiventris Sclater 1872
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Invalid names: Ateles vellerosus Sclater 1871 [replaced]
Ateles geoffroyi Kuhl 1820 [black-handed spider monkey]
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Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus Gray 1866 [Mexican spider monkey]
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Invalid names: Ateles neglectus Reinhardt 1873 [synonym], Ateles tricolor Hollister 1914 [synonym]
Ateles hybridus Geoffroy 1829
Ateles marginatus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 [white-cheeked spider monkey]
Ateles paniscus Linnaeus 1758 [red-faced spider monkey]
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Invalid names: Ateles ater Cuvier 1823 [synonym]
Subfm. Atelinae Gray 1825
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G. †Protopithecus Lund 1838
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†Protopithecus bonaeriensis Gervais and Ameghino 1880
†Protopithecus brasiliensis Lund 1838
G. †Stirtonia Hershkovitz 1970
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†Stirtonia tatacoensis Hershkovitz 1970
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Invalid names: Homunculus tatacoensis Stirton 1951 [synonym], Kondous laventicus Setoguchi 1985 [synonym]
†Stirtonia victoriae Kay et al. 1987
Invalid names: Kondous Setoguchi 1985 [synonym]
G. Brachyteles Spix 1823 [woolly spider monkey]
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Brachyteles arachnoides Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 [southern muriqui]
Brachyteles hypoxanthus Kuhl 1820
G. Lagothrix Geoffroy [woolly monkey]
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Lagothrix cana Geoffroy 1812 [gray wooly monkey]
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Invalid names: Gastrimargus olivaceus Spix 1823 [synonym]
Lagothrix flavicauda Humboldt 1812
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Invalid names: Lagothrix (Oreonax) hendeei Thomas 1927 [synonym]
Lagothrix lagotricha Humboldt 1812 [brown woolly monkey]
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Invalid names: Lagothrix humboldtii Geoffroy 1812 [synonym]
Lagothrix lugens Elliot 1907
Lagothrix poeppigii Schinz 1844
Invalid names: Gastrimargus Spix 1823 [synonym], Lagothrix (Oreonax) Thomas 1927 [invalid subgroup]
Invalid names: Alouattinae Elliott 1904 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Kay and Cozzuol 2006 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.0 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | Homunculus tatacoensis (133688 133689) Kondous laventicus (140012) Kondous laventicus, Stirtonia victoriae (140634) Stirtonia tatacoensis (186281) | |
| Tortonian | Brazil (Amazonas) | Atelidae indet. (67386) | |
| Tortonian | Brazil (Acre) | Stirtonia sp., Solimoea acrensis (55602) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Brazil (Acre) | Solimoea acrensis (134808) | |
| Huayquerian | Bolivia (Pando) | Stirtonia sp. (134868) | |
| Pleistocene | Brazil (Minas Gerais) | Protopithecus brasiliensis (87321) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Bahia) | Protopithecus brasiliensis, Caipora bambuiorum (71313) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (glacial) | Brazil (Bahia) | Alouatta mauroi (136420) | |
| Holocene | Brazil (Sao Paulo) | Alouatta sp. (71269) | |
| Holocene | Peru | Ateles paniscus, Lagothrix lagotricha, Alouatta seniculus (21689) | |
| Holocene | Brazil (Districto Agropecura) | Ateles paniscus, Alouatta seniculus (21687) | |
| Holocene | Panama | Ateles geoffroyi, Alouatta palliata (21691) | |
| Holocene | Venezuela (Guarico) | Alouatta seniculus (21686) |