Dolichocebus Explained

Dolichocebus is an extinct New World monkey genus that lived in Argentine Patagonia (Sarmiento Formation) from about 21 to 17.5 million years ago during the Early Miocene (Colhuehuapian in the SALMA classification).[1] [2] The type species is D. gaimanensis.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=40846 Dolichocebus
  2. Fleagle, J.G. and R.F. Kay . The dental morphology of Dolichocebus gaimanensis, a fossil monkey from Argentina . American Journal of Physical Anthropology . 78 . 2 . 1989 . 221. 10.1002/ajpa.1330780206.

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