Micodon
| Micodon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Callitrichidae |
| Genus: | †Micodon Setoguchi & Rosenberger 1985[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Micodon kiotensis Setoguchi and Rosenberger 1985
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Micodon is an
extinct genus of New World 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. The type species is M. kiotensis,[2] a very small monkey among the New World species.[3]
Description
Fossils of Micodon were discovered in the
Saimiri. By comparison with Micodon, the hypocone is far smaller in Callimico, where it appears as an excrescence of the lingual cingulum. This cusp is more developed in Saimiri. Overall, the Micodon M1 shows some gross resemblances to certain Saguinus, although none of the specimens examined hardly approach this fossil in hypocone development.[4]
Micodon is clearly within the size range of living
Cebus and Saimiri, as the sister-taxon of the entire group. The upshot of these latter views is that a four-cusped molar would be fully expectable in small, ancestral callitrichine, and even in callitrichin sister-group.[5] The upper first molar (M1) with a subtriangular outline with a narrow lingual side resembles that of the oldest New World primate discovered to date, the Late Eocene Perupithecus from the Peruvian Amazon.[6]
It has been suggested the specimens ascribed to Micodon, smaller than Aotus dindensis,[7] may actually be deciduous teeth of another primate species found at La Venta such as Saimiri annectens or S. fieldsi.[8] More material is needed for a better description of the genus.[9]
A body mass of 400 grams (0.88 lb) has been estimated for Micodon.[10]
Habitat
The Honda Group, and more precisely the "Monkey Beds", are the richest site for
Aotus of Micodon has been placed in the Early Miocene at 17.5 Ma.[15]
See also
Prehistoric mammals portal
Primates portal
- List of primates of Colombia
- Lagonimico
- Patasola
References
- ^ T. Setoguchi and A. Rosenberger. 1985. Miocene marmosets; first fossil evidence. International Journal of Primatology 6(6):615-625
- ^ Micodon kiotensis at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Tejedor, 2013, p.29
- ^ Setoguchi et al., 1986, p.764
- ^ Setoguchi et al., 1986, p.766
- ^ Bond et al., 2015, p.538
- ^ Gebo et al., 1990, p.738
- ^ Wheeler, 2010, p.133
- ^ Defler, 2004, p.32
- ^ Silvestro et al., 2017, p.14
- ^ Rosenberger & Hartwig, 2001, p.3
- ^ Luchterhand et al., 1986, p.1753
- ^ Setoguchi et al., 1986, p.762
- ^ Lynch Alfaro et al., 2015, p.520
- ^ Takai et al., 2001, p.304
Bibliography
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- Luchterhand, Kubet; Kay, Richard F.; Madden, Richard H. (1986), "Mohanamico hershkovitzi, gen. et sp. nov., un primate du Miocene moyen d' Amerique du Sud" (PDF), Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences, 303: 1753–1758, retrieved 2017-09-24
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- Rosenberger, Alfred L.; Hartwig, Walter Carl (2001), "New World Monkeys" (PDF), Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, _: 1–4, retrieved 2017-09-24
- Setoguchi, Takeshi; Shigehara, Nobuo; Rosenberger, Alfred L.; Cadena G, Alberto (1986), "Primate fauna from the Miocene La Venta, in the Tatacoa Desert, Department of Huila, Colombia" (PDF), Caldasia, XV: 761–773, retrieved 2017-09-24
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- Wheeler, Brandon (2010), "Community ecology of the Middle Miocene primates of La Venta, Colombia: the relationship between ecological diversity, divergence time, and phylogenetic richness", Primates, 51.2: 131–138, retrieved 2017-09-24
Further reading
- Fleagle, John G.; Rosenberger, Alfred L. (2013), The Platyrrhine Fossil Record, ISBN 9781483267074, retrieved 2017-10-21
- ISBN 978-0-521-08141-2, retrieved 2017-09-24
