Tremacebus
| Tremacebus Temporal range: Late Miocene
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| Genus: | Tremacebus Hershkovitz, 1974
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| Species: | T. harringtoni
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| Tremacebus harringtoni (Rusconi, 1933)
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Tremacebus harringtoni is an extinct species of New World monkey from the Miocene.
Tremacebus was about 1 metre (3.3 ft) in length, and would have resembled a modern night monkey, to which it may have been related.[1] However, its eyes appear to have been smaller than the modern species, CT scans of the cranium suggest a relatively small olfactory bulb and poor sense of smell, compared with night monkeys. These features suggest that it may not have been nocturnal.[2]
Only a few fossils have been found, including a skull from Patagonia.
References
- ^ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 289. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
- ^ Kay, Richard (2002). "Tremacebus harringtoni, Fossil Primate". Digimorph. UT Austin. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
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