Biology:Macaca florentina

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Short description: Extinct species of monkey

Macaca florentina
Temporal range: Pliocene-Pleistocene~2.588–0.126 Ma
Macaca florentina Montevarchi.jpg
Fossils of lower jaws in the paleontological museum of Montevarchi, Italy.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Macaca
Species:
M. florentina
Binomial name
Macaca florentina
Cocchi, 1872
Synonyms

Macaca sylvanus florentina Cocchi, 1872

Macaca florentina[1] is a fossil species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. This macaque lived in the late Pliocene to early Pleistocene of Europe. The type locality is Upper Valdarno, in the Apennines, Italy.[2]

References

  1. Alba D. M., Moyà-Solà S., Madurell J., Aurell P., Dentognathic remains of Macaca (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the late early Pleistocene of Terrassa (Catalonia, Spain), Journal of Human Evolution, 2008, Template:Page (consultée le 28 août 2013).
  2. Rook L., The Italian fossil primate record: an update and perspectives for future research, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, université de Florence, Florence, Italie. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, Modène, 2009, Template:Page (consultée le 25 août 2013).

Wikidata ☰ Q16661860 entry