Acrecebus

{{short description|Extinct single-species genus of monkeys}}

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| fossil_range = Late Miocene (Mayoan-Huayquerian)
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| display_parents = 2

| genus = Acrecebus

| parent_authority = Kay, 2006

| species = fraileyi

| authority = Kay, 2006

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Acrecebus is a prehistoric cebid monkey from the Late Miocene Solimões Formation of Acre State, Brazil and Bolivia.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=248946 Acrecebus] at Fossilworks.org{{Cite journal | author = Kay RF & Cozzuol MA | journal = Journal of Human Evolution | title = New platyrrhine monkeys from the Solimões Formation (late Miocene, Acre State, Brazil) | volume = 50 | issue = 6 | pages = 673–686 | year = 2006 | pmid = 16530809 | doi = 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.01.002| bibcode = 2006JHumE..50..673K }} The only species known is A. fraileyi. This genus is closely related to the genus Cebus.{{citation |last=Silvestro |first=Daniele |last2=Tejedor |first2=Marcelo F. |last3=Serrano Serrano |first3=Martha L. |last4=Loiseau |first4=Oriane |last5=Rossier |first5=Victor |last6=Rolland |first6=Jonathan |last7=Zizka |first7=Alexander |last8=Antonelli |first8=Alexandre |last9=Salamin |first9=Nicolas |year=2017 |title=Evolutionary history of New World monkeys revealed by molecular and fossil data |url=https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2017/08/18/178111.full.pdf |journal=BioRxiv |volume=_ |pages=1–32 |accessdate=2019-02-20}}

References

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†Acrecebus

Category:Prehistoric monkeys

Category:Monotypic prehistoric primate genera

Category:Miocene primates of South America

Category:Huayquerian

Category:Chasicoan

Category:Mayoan

Category:Neogene Bolivia

Category:Fossils of Bolivia

Category:Neogene Brazil

Category:Fossils of Brazil

Category:Fossil taxa described in 2006

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