I'm no expert on any of this, but is not all or part of Hispanola a well traveled craton? There are other otherwise ancient inexplicable critters there too like the solenodon. Old world monkeys have tails too, but diverged from new world monkeys a very long time ago. Most people think Primates are a recent group but that is just not the case. If I am not mistaken they have been around since before the dinosaurs looked up to see the comet. No time to fact check any of this.
Here in Hogtown we are crushed. Wes was the best, larger than life, a motorcycle riding, beer drinking, bad joke telling, world traveling, deep diving superhero. This right after his best bud Pete Butt got gobbled by a gator. He will be sorely missed! Sleaze