Chilecebus

Chilecebus Temporal range: Early Miocene (Colhuehuapian) ~21.0–17.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Cebidae
Genus:	†Chilecebus
Species:	†C. carrascoensis
Binomial name
†Chilecebus carrascoensis Flynn, Wyss, Charrier and Swisher, 1995

Chilecebus is an extinct genus of New World monkeys that lived in what is now Chile (Abanico Formation) during the Early Miocene some 20 million years ago. The type species is C. carrascoensis.^[1] It had a body mass of about 1.3 pounds (590 g).

See also[]

• List of fossil primates of South America

References[]

Further reading[]

• Flynn, J., et al. An Early Miocene anthropoid skull from the Chilean Andes. Nature 373, 603 - 607 (February 16, 1995)

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