Family Atelidae Phylum Chordata Order Primate | Scientific name Tremacebus harringtoni Rank Species | |
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Genus TremacebusHershkovitz, 1974 Similar Primate, Dolichocebus, Homunculus patagonicus, Soriacebus, Branisella | ||
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. 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.
Only a few fossils have been found, including a skull from Patagonia.
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