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Protopithecus
Protopithecus is an extinct genus of large New World monkey that lived during the Pleistocene. Fossils were found in Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil in the 19th century. Other remains once assigned to this genus from Buenos Aires Province, Argentina and Toca da Boa Vista, Brazil likely belong to other taxa such as Cartelles.
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Protopithecus is an extinct genus of large New World monkey that lived during the Pleistocene. Fossils were found in Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil in the 19th century. Other remains once assigned to this genus from Buenos Aires Province, Argentina and Toca da Boa Vista, Brazil likely belong to other taxa such as Cartelles.
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