Named By: | R. Hoffstetter in 1969 |
Time Period: | Late Oligocene-Early Miocene (Deseadan)~29.0-21.0 Ma |
Location: | Bolivia - Salla Formation |
Size: | Uncertain due to lack of remains |
Diet: | Herbivore/Frugivore |
Fossil(s): | Teeth and fragmentary remains of the skull and jaws |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Primates | Platyrrhini | |
Branisella is an extinct genus of New World monkey from the Salla Formation of what is now Bolivia during the Late Oligocene, approximately 26 million years ago (Deseadan). It is the oldest fossil New World Monkey discovered.