Homunculus patagonicus
Homunculus patagonicus is an extinct species of New World monkey that lived in Argentina (Santa Cruz Formation) during the Miocene.[1] It is likely the ancestral species for the subfamily Pitheciinae, whose living members include the sakis, bearded sakis, and the uakaris.[2]
| Homunculus patagonicus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Pitheciidae |
| Subfamily: | Pitheciinae |
| Genus: | †Homunculus |
| Species: | †H. patagonicus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Homunculus patagonicus Ameghino, 1891 | |
A fossil originally described as Killikaike blakei,[3] which is now considered to be a junior synonym of Homunculus patagonicus,[4] was collected in southernmost Argentina in January, 2005. The type specimen consists of a remarkably well preserved face, but unfortunately the neurocranium is not present. The specimen was originally named for the locality where it was found Killik Aike Norte, on the estate of the Blake family.[3]
References
- "Homunculus patagonicus". The Primata. 16 November 2001. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- Tejedor, Marcelo F.; Rosenberger, Alfred L. (2008). "A neotype for Homunculus patagonicus Ameghino, 1891, and a new interpretation of the taxon" (PDF) (2008). PaleoAnthropology: 68–82. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Tejedor, Marcelo F.; Adán A. Tauber; Alfred L. Rosenberger; Carl C. Swisher III; María E. Palacios (2006-03-27). "New primate genus from the Miocene of Argentina". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103 (14): 5437–41. Bibcode:2006PNAS..103.5437T. doi:10.1073/pnas.0506126103. PMC 1459373. PMID 16567649.
- Jonathan M.G. Perry; Richard F. Kay; Sergio F. Vizcaíno; M. Susana Bargo (2014). "Oldest known cranium of a juvenile New World monkey (Early Miocene, Patagonia, Argentina): Implications for the taxonomy and the molar eruption pattern of early platyrrhines" (PDF). Journal of Human Evolution. 74: 67–81. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.03.009. hdl:10161/10782. PMID 25081638.
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