Panamacebus
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Genus: | Panamacebus Bloch et al., 2016
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Panamacebus transitus Bloch et al., 2016
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Panamacebus is an extinct genus of monkey known from the Miocene of Panama. It is so far the first known New World monkey of North America.[1]
References
- ^ Jonathan I. Bloch; Emily D. Woodruff; Aaron R. Wood; Aldo F. Rincon; Arianna R. Harrington; Gary S. Morgan; David A. Foster; Camilo Montes; Carlos A. Jaramillo; Nathan A. Jud; Douglas S. Jones; Bruce J. MacFadden (2016). "First North American fossil monkey and early Miocene tropical biotic interchange". Nature. 533: 243–246. doi:10.1038/nature17415. PMID 27096364.