Saimiri fieldsi

Saimiri fieldsi
Temporal range: Middle Miocene (Laventan)
~13.8–11.8 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cebidae
Genus: Saimiri
Species:
†S. fieldsi
Binomial name
†Saimiri fieldsi
Stirton 1951
Synonyms
  • Neosaimiri fieldsi Stirton 1951

Saimiri fieldsi is an extinct species of New World monkey in the genus Saimiri (squirrel monkeys) 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]

  1. ^ Saimiri fieldsi at Fossilworks.org