Macaca florentina
| Macaca florentina Temporal range: Pliocene-Pleistocene~
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| Fossils of lower jaws in the paleontological museum of Montevarchi, Italy. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Macaca |
| Species: | †M. florentina
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| Binomial name | |
| †Macaca florentina Cocchi, 1872
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| Synonyms | |
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Macaca sylvanus florentina Cocchi, 1872 | |
Macaca florentina [1] is a fossil species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. This macaque lived in the late Pliocene to early Pleistocene of Europe. The type locality is Upper Valdarno, in the Apennines, Italy.[2]
References
- ^ Alba D. M., Moyà-Solà S., Madurell J., Aurell P., Dentognathic remains of Macaca (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the late early Pleistocene of Terrassa (Catalonia, Spain), Journal of Human Evolution, 2008, Macaca florentina (consultée le 28 août 2013).
- ^ Rook L., The Italian fossil primate record: an update and perspectives for future research, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, université de Florence, Florence, Italie. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, Modène, 2009, Macaca florentina (consultée le 25 août 2013).
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