1987/02/14 by John G. Fleagle, Dennis W. Powers, Glenn C. Conroy +1 · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Psychology · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Primate Behavior and Ecology
paper · doi:10.1159/000156286
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New platyrrhine fossils have been recovered from early Miocene deposits near the Pinturas River in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Soriacebus ameghinorum is a saki-sized monkey with a deep V-shaped mandible, large procumbent incisors and small marmoset-like cheek teeth. Several other primate taxa are represented by dental, cranial, and post-cranial remains from the same deposits. These fossils document the presence of a phyletically and adaptively diverse fauna of primates in southernmost Argentina during the early Miocene.