Saimiri fieldsi is an extinct species of New World monkey in the genus Saimiri, the squirrel monkeys, from the Middle Miocene, in the Laventan stage of the South American land mammal ages, about 13.8 to 11.8 million years ago. Its remains come from the La Venta fossil site in the Honda Group of Colombia. It was formerly described as Neosaimiri fieldsi, and more than 200 specimens were recovered during fieldwork in 1989 and 1990. The teeth differ from living Saimiri in having smaller incisors and larger molars, and the animal was more robust, with an estimated body mass of 768 to 840 grams.
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Its remains have been found at the Konzentrat-Lagerst
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1. Paleobiology Database: Paleobiology Database taxon record for Saimiri fieldsi
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, environment
"jev": "terrestrial"
Taxon record, diet (second value)
"jdt": "frugivore, omnivore"
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Saimiri fieldsi is an extinct species of New World monkey in the genus Saimiri (squirrel monkeys) from the Middle Miocene
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Its remains have been found at the Konzentrat-Lagerst
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Saimiri fieldsi is an extinct species of New World monkey in the genus Saimiri (squirrel monkeys) from the Middle Miocene
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is an extinct species of New World monkey in the genus Saimiri
In Biome: Tropical Dry Forest, Habitat
La Venta itself was probably seasonally dry forest
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