Protopithecus
Sign in to saveProtopithecus is an extinct genus of large New World monkey that lived during the Pleistocene. Fossils have been found in the Toca da Boa Vista cave of Brazil, as well as other locales in the country. Fossils of another large, but less robust ateline monkey, Caipora, were also discovered in Toca da Boa Vista.
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- taxon name
- Protopithecus
- start time
- 126000-00-
- end time
- 12000-00-0
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