Panamacebus transitus is an extinct New World monkey known from the Early Miocene of central Panama, and it is the only species of its genus, Panamacebus. The fossils are a left upper first molar and a lower premolar from the Las Cascadas Formation in the Panama Canal Zone, where analysis of volcanic tuffs gave an age of about 20.93 million years. Together with Paralouatta marianae from Cuba, it is the oldest known New World monkey from North America. The find was reported in 2016 by Jonathan Bloch and colleagues in the journal Nature, in a paper on the first North American fossil monkey and the early Miocene tropical biotic interchange.
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Cebidae, Taxa Source Paleobiology Database: Paleobiology Database taxon record for Panamacebus transitus
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known from the Early Miocene (Hemingfordian in the NALMA classification) of central Panama
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1. Paleobiology Database: Paleobiology Database taxon record for Panamacebus transitus
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, environment
"jev": "terrestrial"
Taxon record, diet (second value)
"jdt": "frugivore, omnivore"
Child Taxon Of: Cebidae, Taxon record, family
"fml": "Cebidae"
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Panamacebus is an extinct genus of monkey known from the Early Miocene (Hemingfordian in the NALMA classification) of central Panama.
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known from the Early Miocene (Hemingfordian in the NALMA classification) of central Panama
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Panamacebus is an extinct genus of monkey known from the Early Miocene (Hemingfordian in the NALMA classification) of central Panama.
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