@prefix rdfs: . @prefix dbr: . dbr:List_of_fossil_primates_of_South_America rdfs:label "List of fossil primates of South America"@en ; rdfs:comment "Various fossil primates have been found in South America and adjacent regions such as Panama and the Caribbean. Presently, 78 species of New World monkeys have been registered in South America. Around the middle of the Cenozoic, approximately 34 million years ago, two types of mammals appeared for the first time in South America: rodents and primates. Both of these groups had already been inhabiting other continents for millions of years and they simply arrived in South America rather than originated there. Analyses of evolutionary relationships have shown that their closest relatives were living in Africa at the time. Therefore, the most likely explanation is that they somehow crossed the Atlantic Ocean, which was less wide than today, landed in South America, and founded new populations "@en . @prefix foaf: . dbr:List_of_fossil_primates_of_South_America foaf:depiction , , , , , , , . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dbc: . dbr:List_of_fossil_primates_of_South_America dcterms:subject dbc:New_World_monkeys , dbc:Lists_of_mammals_of_South_America , dbc:Lists_of_fossils , dbc:Primates_of_South_America , dbc:Lists_of_primates . @prefix dbo: . dbr:List_of_fossil_primates_of_South_America dbo:wikiPageID 57160968 ; dbo:wikiPageRevisionID 1110443772 ; dbo:wikiPageWikiLink dbr:Incerstae_sedis , dbr:Nuciruptor , dbr:Hispaniola_monkey , dbr:Eocene , dbr:Friasian , dbr:Miocallicebus , dbr:Soriacebus , dbr:Africa , dbc:Lists_of_mammals_of_South_America , dbr:List_of_Peruvian_monkey_species , , dbc:New_World_monkeys , dbr:South_America , dbr:Carlocebus , , dbr:Primate , , , dbr:Tremacebus , , , dbr:Acrecebus , , , dbr:Evolution_of_primates , dbr:Aotus_dindensis , dbr:Cartelles , dbr:Las_Cascadas_Formation , dbr:Aotidae , dbr:North_American_land_mammal_age , dbr:Panamacebus , dbr:Molecular_Phylogenetics_and_Evolution , dbr:Atelinae , dbr:Micodon , dbr:List_of_prehistoric_mammals , dbr:Divisaderan , dbr:Tamarin , dbr:Incertae_sedis , dbr:Museo_de_La_Plata , dbr:Saimiri , dbr:Elsevier , dbr:Saimiri_annectens , dbr:Saimiri_fieldsi , dbr:Insulacebus , dbr:Killikaike , dbr:Indiana_University , dbr:Rodent , dbr:Szalatavus , dbr:Cebidae , dbr:Cebinae , , dbr:Ateles , dbr:Protopithecus , dbr:Alouatta_mauroi , dbr:List_of_Central_American_monkey_species , dbr:Laventan , dbr:Walter_Hartwig , , dbr:Callitrichidae , dbr:List_of_primates_of_Colombia , dbr:Pitheciinae , dbr:BioRxiv , dbr:Cambridge_University_Press , dbr:Atelidae , , dbr:Pitheciidae , dbr:List_of_New_World_monkey_species , dbr:Ucayalipithecus , dbc:Lists_of_fossils , dbr:Chambira_Formation , dbr:Cueva_del_Mono , dbr:Holocene , dbr:Callicebinae , dbr:Dolichocebus , dbr:Type_species , dbr:New_World_monkey , dbr:Deseadan , dbr:Saimirinae , , dbr:La_Jeringa_Cave , dbr:Mazzonicebus , dbr:Hemingfordian_North_American_Stage , dbr:Yahuarango_Formation , dbr:Oceanic_dispersal , dbr:Ameghiniana , , dbr:Mohanamico , dbr:Branisella , dbr:Marmoset , , , , dbr:List_of_fossil_primates , dbr:Alouattinae , dbr:Paralouatta , , dbr:Proceedings_of_the_National_Academy_of_Sciences_USA , , dbr:Santacrucian , dbr:Proteropithecia , dbr:Alouatta , dbr:Lagonimico , dbr:Huayquerian , dbr:Spider_monkey , dbc:Primates_of_South_America , dbr:Perupithecus , dbr:American_Museum_Novitates , dbr:Journal_of_Human_Evolution , dbr:Chilecebus , dbr:Cebupithecia , dbr:Canaanimico , dbr:Cebus , dbr:Platyrrhini , dbr:Pinturas_Formation , dbr:Jamaican_monkey , dbc:Lists_of_primates , , dbr:Pleistocene , dbr:Long_Mile_Cave , dbr:Atlantic_Ocean , dbr:Colhuehuapian , dbr:Fossilworks , dbr:Solimoea , dbr:Catarrhini , , dbr:Salla_Formation , dbr:Parapithecoidea , dbr:Abanico_Formation , dbr:Sarmiento_Formation , dbr:List_of_gomphothere_fossils_in_South_America , , , dbr:South_American_land_mammal_age , ; dbo:wikiPageExternalLink , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . @prefix owl: . @prefix wikidata: . dbr:List_of_fossil_primates_of_South_America owl:sameAs wikidata:Q52459408 , . @prefix dbp: . @prefix dbt: . dbr:List_of_fossil_primates_of_South_America dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate dbt:JAM , dbt:Short_description , dbt:CHL , dbt:ISBN , dbt:CUB , dbt:COL , dbt:Cite_LSA , dbt:Div_col , dbt:Div_col_end , dbt:HAI , dbt:Convert , dbt:PER , dbt:PAN , dbt:DOM , dbt:Center , dbt:Clearboth , dbt:ARG , , dbt:BRA , dbt:BOL , dbt:Small , , dbt:Reflist ; dbo:thumbnail ; dbp:caption 12 , "Locations of primate fossil finds in South America and the Caribbean"@en ; dbp:relief 1 ; dbp:width 330 ; dbo:abstract "Various fossil primates have been found in South America and adjacent regions such as Panama and the Caribbean. Presently, 78 species of New World monkeys have been registered in South America. Around the middle of the Cenozoic, approximately 34 million years ago, two types of mammals appeared for the first time in South America: rodents and primates. Both of these groups had already been inhabiting other continents for millions of years and they simply arrived in South America rather than originated there. Analyses of evolutionary relationships have shown that their closest relatives were living in Africa at the time. Therefore, the most likely explanation is that they somehow crossed the Atlantic Ocean, which was less wide than today, landed in South America, and founded new populations of rodents and primates. The first South American primates gave rise to an impressive evolutionary radiation: more than 120 species in five families. These primates are known as platyrrhine (flat-nosed) primates and are closely related to Old World apes and monkeys (catarrhine primates). Platyrrhines include some of the most popular and acrobatic monkeys such as spider monkeys (Ateles) and capuchins (Cebus), both of which have grasping (prehensile) tails that can be used as a fifth limb. Platyrrhines also include a wide variety of colorful tamarins and marmosets (family Callitrichidae). The platyrrhine primate fossil record is relatively sparse, quite unlike that of caviomorph rodents. The presently oldest New World monkey is from Amazonian Peru, described in 2015. A 2017 study of the fossils estimated the body mass for the various fossil primate species. However, the who might have rafted across the Atlantic between ~35\u201332 million years ago, are nested within the Parapithecoidea from the Eocene of Afro-Arabia."@en . @prefix prov: . dbr:List_of_fossil_primates_of_South_America prov:wasDerivedFrom . @prefix xsd: . dbr:List_of_fossil_primates_of_South_America dbo:wikiPageLength "30300"^^xsd:nonNegativeInteger . @prefix wikipedia-en: . dbr:List_of_fossil_primates_of_South_America foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf wikipedia-en:List_of_fossil_primates_of_South_America .