Macaca florentina

Macaca florentina [1] is a fossil species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. This macaque lived in the late Pliocene to early Pleistocene of Europe. The type locality is Upper Valdarno, in the Apennines, Italy.[2]

Macaca florentina
Temporal range: Pliocene-Pleistocene~2.588–0.126 Ma
Fossils of lower jaws in the paleontological museum of Montevarchi, Italy.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Macaca
Species:
M. florentina
Binomial name
Macaca florentina
Cocchi, 1872
Synonyms

Macaca sylvanus florentina Cocchi, 1872

References

  1. Alba D. M., Moyà-Solà S., Madurell J., Aurell P., Dentognathic remains of Macaca (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the late early Pleistocene of Terrassa (Catalonia, Spain), Journal of Human Evolution, 2008, Macaca florentina (consultée le 28 août 2013).
  2. Rook L., The Italian fossil primate record: an update and perspectives for future research, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, université de Florence, Florence, Italie. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, Modène, 2009, Macaca florentina (consultée le 25 août 2013).


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