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Killikaike blakei is a new genus and species of anthropoid from the late Early Miocene of southeastern Argentina based on the most pristine fossil platyrrhine skull and dentition known so far. It is part of the New World platyrrhine clade (Family Cebidae; Subfamily Cebinae) including modern squirrel (Saimiri) and capuchin monkeys (Cebus) and their fossil relatives known from Early to Middle Miocene and subrecent periods. Living cebines are relatively large-brained, adroit predatory foragers and live within complex social groups, and wild capuchins exhibit a wide range of behaviors associated with enhanced intelligence. We show that K. blakei lacks diagnostic derived characteristics of the lower face and premolar dentition that are shared by modern cebines, but its strongly vaulted frontal bone and capacious anterior cranial fossa indicate the early evolution of an enlarged forebrain. Miocene | Paleoprimatology | Patagonia | Platyrrhini | Cebinae

Centipedes and millipedes were collected from November 1986 through December 1988 in 12 sandhill communities from north and central Florida. Most individuals were systematically collected with drift fences, funnel traps and pitfall traps; others were taken when observed in the field, by overturning logs and by searching in leaf litter. The collection included 223 centipedes of 7 species and 269 millipedes of 8 species. Abundance and species richness were generally unrelated to the ground surface habitat features that were examined for correlation.