Full reference: D. T. Rasmussen, A. R. Friscia, M. Gutierrez, J. Kappelman, E. R. Miller, S. Muteti, D. Reynoso, J.B. Rossie, T. L. Spell, N. J. Tabor, E. Gierlowski-Kordesch, B. F. Jacobs, B. Kyongo, M. Macharwas, and F. Muchemi. 2019. Primitive Old World monkey from the earliest Miocene of Kenya and the evolution of cercopithecoid bilophodonty. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116(13):6051-6056
Belongs to Alophia according to D. T. Rasmussen et al. 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: KNM-NW 49735, a mandible (right mandible with p4-m3). Its type locality is Nakwai TOP-01, which is in a Miocene terrestrial siltstone in Kenya.
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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