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'''''Nuciruptor''''' is an [[Extinction|extinct]] [[genus]] of [[New World monkey|platirrhine]] [[primate]] that lived in [[South America]], classified inside the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Pitheciidae]].<ref name="Meldrum"> |
'''''Nuciruptor''''' is an [[Extinction|extinct]] [[genus]] of [[New World monkey|platirrhine]] [[primate]] that lived in [[South America]], classified inside the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Pitheciidae]].<ref name="Meldrum">{{cite journal|url=http://www.pitheciineactiongroup.org/files/Meldrum_Kay_Nuciruptor_rubicae.pdf|autor=Meldrum, DJ; Kay, RF. |title= ''Nuciruptor rubricae'', a new pitheciin seed predator from the Miocene of Colombia| journal=Am J Phys Anthropol|volume= 102|issue= |year=1997 |month= septiembre|pages=407-427 |PMID= 9098507|urlarchivo=http://web.archive.org/web/http://www.pitheciineactiongroup.org/files/Meldrum_Kay_Nuciruptor_rubicae.pdf}}</ref> </ref> |
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The only species of the genus is '''''N. rubricae''''', which was described from a mandibular fragment found in the fossil site known as [[La Venta (Colombia)|La Venta]] in [[Colombia]] in strata of the Middle [[Miocene]], roughly 12,8 million years ago. Its dental morphology classifies it inside the subfamily [[Pitheciinae]]; it is related with the species ''[[Cebupithecia|Cebupithecia sarmientoi]]'', found in the same place. The same dental morphology of ''Nuciruptor'' suggests that it fed of seeds like the living [[Pitheciinae|pitecinos]]. Had an also similar size to its living relatives, with a weight estimated of 2 [[Kilogram|kg]].<ref name="Meldrum" |
The only species of the genus is '''''N. rubricae''''', which was described from a mandibular fragment found in the fossil site known as [[La Venta (Colombia)|La Venta]] in [[Colombia]] in strata of the Middle [[Miocene]], roughly 12,8 million years ago. Its dental morphology classifies it inside the subfamily [[Pitheciinae]]; it is related with the species ''[[Cebupithecia|Cebupithecia sarmientoi]]'', found in the same place. The same dental morphology of ''Nuciruptor'' suggests that it fed of seeds like the living [[Pitheciinae|pitecinos]]. Had an also similar size to its living relatives, with a weight estimated of 2 [[Kilogram|kg]].<ref name="Meldrum"/> |
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| Genus: | Nuciruptor Meldrum & Kay, 1950
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Nuciruptor is an extinct genus of platirrhine primate that lived in South America, classified inside the family Pitheciidae.[1] </ref>
The only species of the genus is N. rubricae, which was described from a mandibular fragment found in the fossil site known as La Venta in Colombia in strata of the Middle Miocene, roughly 12,8 million years ago. Its dental morphology classifies it inside the subfamily Pitheciinae; it is related with the species Cebupithecia sarmientoi, found in the same place. The same dental morphology of Nuciruptor suggests that it fed of seeds like the living pitecinos. Had an also similar size to its living relatives, with a weight estimated of 2 kg.[1]
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- ^ a b "Nuciruptor rubricae, a new pitheciin seed predator from the Miocene of Colombia" (PDF). Am J Phys Anthropol. 102: 407–427. 1997. PMID 9098507.
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