Branisella
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Branisella is an extinct genus of New World monkey from the Salla Formation of what is now Bolivia during the Late Oligocene, approximately 26 million years ago (Deseadan), comprising only the species Branisella boliviana.[2][3] Together with the Peruvian genus Canaanimico, it is the oldest fossil New World monkey discovered.
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Branisella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cebidae (see text)[1] |
Subfamily: | †Branisellinae (see text)[1] |
Genus: | †Branisella |
Type species | |
†Branisella boliviana |
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