Protopithecus

Protopithecus; Temporal range: Late Pleistocene (Ensenadan-Lujanian); ~0.126–0.012 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Atelidae
Subfamily:	Atelinae
Genus:	†Protopithecus; Lund, 1838
Type species
	†Protopithecus brasiliensis; Lund, 1838

Protopithecus 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.^[1] Fossils of another large, but less robust ateline monkey, Caipora, were also discovered in Toca da Boa Vista.^[2]

^ Halenar-Price, Lauren (2012). "Paleobiology of Protopithecus brasiliensis, a Plus-Size Pleistocene Platyrrhine from Brazil" (dissertation) – via www.academia.edu. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Cartelle, Castor; Hartwig, W. C. (1996). "A new extinct primate among the Pleistocene megafauna of Bahia, Brazil". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 93 (13): 6405–6409. Bibcode:1996PNAS...93.6405C. doi:10.1073/pnas.93.13.6405. PMC 39035. PMID 8692827.

[1] Halenar-Price, Lauren (2012). "Paleobiology of Protopithecus brasiliensis, a Plus-Size Pleistocene Platyrrhine from Brazil" (dissertation) – via www.academia.edu. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[Cartelle-2] Cartelle, Castor; Hartwig, W. C. (1996). "A new extinct primate among the Pleistocene megafauna of Bahia, Brazil". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 93 (13): 6405–6409. Bibcode:1996PNAS...93.6405C. doi:10.1073/pnas.93.13.6405. PMC 39035. PMID 8692827.

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