Homunculus patagonicus
| Homunculus patagonicus Temporal range: Miocene
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| Genus: | Homunculus
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| Species: | H. patagonicus
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| Homunculus patagonicus Ameghino, 1891
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Homunculus patagonicus is an extinct species of New World monkey that lived in Argentina 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]
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.
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