New primate genus from the Miocene of Argentina

Marcelo F Tejedor1, Adán A Tauber, Alfred L Rosenberger

  • 1Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Evolución y Biodiversidad, Sede Esquel, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco, Sarmiento 849, 9200 Esquel, Argentina. mtejedor@lieb.org.ar

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