Homunculus patagonicus
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| Homunculus patagonicus Temporal range: Miocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Pitheciidae |
| Subfamily: | Pitheciinae |
| Genus: | Homunculus |
| Species: | H. patagonicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Homunculus patagonicus Ameghino, 1891 |
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Homunculus patagonicus is an extinct New World monkey species that lived in Argentina during the Miocene.[1] It is likely the ancestral species for the Pitheciinae subfamily, whose living members include the sakis, bearded sakis, and the uakaris.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Homunculus patagonicus". The Primata. 16 November 2001. http://cacajao.tripod.com/homunculus_patagonicus.html. 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. PaleoAnthropology. pp. 68−82. http://www.paleoanthro.org/journal/content/PA20080068.pdf. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
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