Solimoea

Solimoea acrensis is a prehistoric ateline monkey from the Late Miocene Solimões Formation of Brazil.[1] It is the only known species of the genus Solimoea.

Solimoea
Temporal range: Late Miocene (Mayoan-Huayquerian)
~11.608–7.246 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Atelidae
Subfamily: Atelinae
Genus: Solimoea
Kay, 2006
Species:
S. acrensis
Binomial name
Solimoea acrensis
Kay, 2006

See also

References

  1. Kay RF & Cozzuol MA (2006). "New platyrrhine monkeys from the Solimões Formation (late Miocene, Acre State, Brazil)". Journal of Human Evolution. 50 (6): 673–686. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.01.002. PMID 16530809.
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