Mammalia - Primates - Homunculidae
Synonyms: Anthropops Ameghino 1891, Ecphantodon Mercerat 1891, Killikaike Tejedor et al. 2006, Pitheculus 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
Parent taxon: Homunculini according to M. F. Tejedor and A. L. Rosenberger 2008
See also Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894, Hershkovitz 1974, Kay et al. 2008, Kay et al. 1987, Kay et al. 2012, McKenna and Bell 1997, Perry et al. 2014 and Tejedor et al. 2006
Sister taxon: Soriacebinae
Subtaxa: Homunculus patagonicus Homunculus vizcainoi
Type: Homunculus patagonicus
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (18 collections), Colombia (1)
Total: 19 collections including 23 occurrences
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