Biology:Macaca libyca

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Short description: Extinct species of Old World monkey

Macaca libyca
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Macaca
Species:
M. libyca
Binomial name
Macaca libyca
Stromer, 1920

Macaca libyca is a prehistoric macaque from the Late Miocene of Wadi Natrun, Egypt.[1][2]

References

  1. Yohannes Haile-Selassie; Giday WoldeGabriel (2009). Ardipithecus Kadabba: Late Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520254404. https://books.google.com/books?id=Cgf82zR6GXsC&q=Macaca+libyca. Retrieved 18 March 2014. 
  2. BRENDA R. BENEFIT; MONTE MCCROSSIN; NOEL T. BOAZ; PARIS PAVLAKIS (2008). "New Fossil Cercopithecoids from the Late Miocene of As Sahabi, Libya". Garyounis Scientific Bulletin (5): 265–282. http://www.statpoint.com/Benefit%20et%20al%202008.pdf. Retrieved 18 March 2014. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6722408 entry