Stirtonia victoriae is an extinct New World monkey of the Middle Miocene of Colombia, the second species of the genus Stirtonia. It is named for the village of La Victoria near its discovery site, and it is known from upper jaws and other cranial material found in 1985 and 1986 in the Perico Member of the La Dorada Formation of the Honda Group. At about 10 kilograms it was the largest primate found at La Venta, and its teeth and skull parts are almost indistinguishable from those of the living howler monkeys. Geometric morphometric analysis suggests it was a folivore, which supports the view that leaf-eating was an enduring part of howler monkey ecology. The genus is classified in the Alouattini as an ancestor of the modern howlers.
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Its remains have been found at the Konzentrat-Lagerstätte of La Venta in the Honda Group of Colombia.
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Stirtonia is an extinct genus of New World monkeys from the Middle Miocene
Habitat
La Venta itself was probably seasonally dry forest
Palaeoecology
Geometric morphometric analysis suggests that S. victoriae was a folivore.
Description
S. victoriae at 10 kilograms (22 lb)
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Its remains have been found at the Konzentrat-Lagerstätte of La Venta in the Honda Group of Colombia.
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Stirtonia victoriae
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Atelids are generally larger monkeys
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