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Homunculidae

Osteichthyes - Primates - Homunculidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Homunculidae Ameghino p. 76
1902Homunculidae Ameghino p. 75
1974Homunculidae Hershkovitz
2008Homunculini Tejedor and Rosenberger
2010Homunculidae Kay

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderPlatyrrhiniGeoffroy 1812
familyHomunculidae
familyHomunculidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Homunculidae Ameghino 1901
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G. †Homunculus Ameghino 1891
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†Homunculus patagonicus Ameghino 1891
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Invalid names: Anthropops perfectus Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Ecphantodon ceboides Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Homunculus ameghinoi Bluntschli 1931 [synonym], Killikaike blakei Tejedor et al. 2006 [synonym], Pitheculus australis Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Stilotherium grande Ameghino 1894 [synonym]
†Homunculus vizcainoi Kay and Perry 2019
Invalid names: Anthropops Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Ecphantodon Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Killikaike Tejedor et al. 2006 [synonym], Pitheculus Ameghino 1894 [synonym]
Subfm. †Soriacebinae Kay 2010
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G. †Canaanimico Marivaux et al. 2016
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†Canaanimico amazonensis Marivaux et al. 2016
G. †Mazzonicebus Kay 2010
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G. †Soriacebus Fleagle et al. 1987
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†Soriacebus adrianae Fleagle 1990
†Soriacebus ameghinorum Fleagle et al. 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 2.7 kgs
Minimum body mass: 800 gs
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:27:51
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:27:51
Source: s = species, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Fleagle 1990, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Vizcaíno et al. 2010, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Laventan or 27.30000 to 11.00000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Peru (Loreto) Soriacebinae indet. (176147)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) Homunculus sp., Mazzonicebus almendrae (141368) Mazzonicebus almendrae (197191)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Argentina (Santa Cruz) Soriacebus adrianae (59133 59321 59323) Soriacebus sp., Soriacebus adrianae (59320) Soriacebus sp., Soriacebus ameghinorum (59319)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Ecphantodon ceboides (176593) Homunculus patagonicus (142533 176563 176576 176581 176590 176602 176603) Homunculus patagonicus, Anthropops perfectus (27313) Homunculus patagonicus, Pitheculus australis, Stilotherium grande (176570) Homunculus sp. (176578 176622 176636) Homunculus spp. (176624) Homunculus vizcaino (210786) Homunculus vizcainoi (210637) Killikaike blakei, Homunculus patagonicus (87314) Soriacebus ameghinorum (145721)
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Argentina (Neuquén) Soriacebus sp. (141175)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) Homunculus sp. (143786)