Chilecebus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Atelidae |
Genus: | † Chilecebus |
Species: | †C. carrascoensis
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Binomial name | |
†Chilecebus carrascoensis Flynn, Wyss, Charrier and Swisher, 1995
[1]
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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. [2] It had a body mass of about 1,000 g (35 oz). [3]
Chilecebus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Atelidae |
Genus: | † Chilecebus |
Species: | †C. carrascoensis
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Binomial name | |
†Chilecebus carrascoensis Flynn, Wyss, Charrier and Swisher, 1995
[1]
|
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. [2] It had a body mass of about 1,000 g (35 oz). [3]