The extinction of Xenothrix mcgregori, Jamaica’s last monkey

Volume: 98, Issue: 4, Pages: 937 - 949
Published: Jul 29, 2017
Abstract
The Jamaican primate, Xenothrix mcgregori, regarded variously as either a pitheciid or a stem platyrrhine, was the terminal branch of a clade that likely entered the West Indies at least as early as the Early Miocene, although its lineage is represented by fossils of Quaternary age only. We present a new direct radiocarbon-based date of 1,477 ± 34 calibrated years before present (cal BP) for the last documented appearance of this species in the...
Paper Details
Title
The extinction of Xenothrix mcgregori, Jamaica’s last monkey
Published Date
Jul 29, 2017
Volume
98
Issue
4
Pages
937 - 949
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