Temporal range: Middle Miocene (Laventan) ~13.8–11.8 Ma
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Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Suborder:
Haplorhini
Infraorder:
Simiiformes
Family:
Aotidae
Genus:
Aotus
Species:
†A. dindensis
Binomial name
†Aotus dindensis
Setoguchi & Rosenberger 1987
Aotus dindensis is an extinct species of New World monkeys in the genus Aotus from the Middle Miocene (Laventan in the South American land mammal ages; 13.8 to 11.8 Ma). Its remains have been found at the Konzentrat-Lagerstätte of La Venta in the Honda Group of Colombia.[1]
The dental parts of Aotusdindensis was more primitive than that of extant Aotus. As the night monkeys of today, Aotusdindensis probably had a similar...
miconax Nancy Ma's night monkey, Aotus nancymaae Black-headed night monkey, Aotus nigriceps Group Incertae sedis †Aotusdindensis Night monkeys have large brown...
conclucatus at Fossilworks.org Micodon kiotensis at Fossilworks.org Aotusdindensis at Fossilworks.org Miocallicebus villaviejai at Fossilworks.org Cebupithecia...
has been suggested the specimens ascribed to Micodon, smaller than Aotusdindensis, may actually be deciduous teeth of another primate species found at...
From the same level as where Cebupithecia has been found, fossils of Aotusdindensis, Micodon, Mohanamico, Saimiri annectens, Saimiri fieldsi, and Stirtonia...
estimated weight of Mohanamico was 1,000 g (2.2 lb), similar in size to Aotusdindensis found in the same location. The Argentinian genus Homunculus had smaller...
Other fossil New World primates uncovered from the same locality are Aotusdindensis, Cebupithecia, Mohanamico and Stirtonia tatacoensis. Colombia portal...
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