Chilecebus Explained

Chilecebus is an extinct genus of New World monkeys that lived in what is now Chile (Abanico Formation) during the Early Miocene some 20 million years ago. The type species is C. carrascoensis.^[1] It had a body mass of about .^[2]

See also

• List of fossil primates of South America

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=165994 Chilecebus
2. Silvestro . Daniele . Tejedor . Marcelo F. . Serrano Serrano . Martha L. . Loiseau . Oriane . Rossier . Victor . Rolland . Jonathan . Zizka . Alexander . Antonelli . Alexandre . Salamin . Nicolas . 2017 . Evolutionary history of New World monkeys revealed by molecular and fossil data . . _ . 1–32 . 2019-02-20.