Ashaninkacebus
 | This article relies on a single source. (February 2025) |
| Ashaninkacebus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | †Eosimiidae |
| Genus: | †Ashaninkacebus |
| Species: | †A. simpsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ashaninkacebus simpsoni Marivaux et. al., 2023 | |
Ashaninkacebus is an extinct genus of eosimiid that lived around the time of the Eocene-Oligocene transition.
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of A. simpsoni have been found in Western Amazonia.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Marivaux, Laurent; Negri, Francisco R.; Antoine, Pierre-Olivier; Stutz, Narla S.; Condamine, Fabien L.; Kerber, Leonardo; Pujos, François; Ventura Santos, Roberto; Alvim, André M. V.; Hsiou, Annie S.; Bissaro, Marcos C.; Adami-Rodrigues, Karen; Ribeiro, Ana Maria (11 July 2023). "An eosimiid primate of South Asian affinities in the Paleogene of Western Amazonia and the origin of New World monkeys". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120 (28) e2301338120. Bibcode:2023PNAS..12001338M. doi:10.1073/pnas.2301338120. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 10334725. PMID 37399374.