Mammalia - Primates - Homunculidae

Synonyms: Anthropops perfectus Ameghino 1891, Ecphantodon ceboides Mercerat 1891, Homunculus ameghinoi Bluntschli 1931, Homunculus blakei Tejedor et al. 2006, Homunculus grandis Ameghino 1894, Killikaike blakei Tejedor et al. 2006, Pitheculus australis Ameghino 1894, Stilotherium grande Ameghino 1894

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections]. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1:289-328

Belongs to Homunculus according to J. M. Perry et al. 2014

See also Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894, Kay et al. 2008, Kay et al. 2012, Tejedor and Rosenberger 2008 and Tejedor et al. 2006

Sister taxon: Homunculus vizcainoi

Type specimens:

• Homunculus patagonicus: MACN-A 5757, a mandible. Its type locality is Puesto Estancia La Costa, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.
• Anthropops perfectus: Its type locality is Santa Cruz Formation, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.
• Ecphantodon ceboides:
• Homunculus ameghinoi:
• Killikaike blakei: MPM-PV 5000, a partial skull (face of an adult individual). Its type locality is Killik Aike Norte, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial tuff in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.
• Pitheculus australis: Its type locality is Cerro Observatorio, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.
• Stilotherium grande: Its type locality is Cerro Observatorio, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

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