Homunculus (genus)
| Homunculus | |
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| Fossil skull of Homunculus patagonicus, scale bar = 1 centimetre (0.39 in) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Parvorder: | Platyrrhini |
| Genus: | †Homunculus Ameghino, 1891 |
| Type species | |
| Homunculus patagonicus Ameghino, 1891 | |
| Other Species | |
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Homunculus vizcainoi Kay & Perry, 2019 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Synonyms of H. patagonicus
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Homunculus (Latin: [hɔˈmʊŋkʊlʊs]; "little person") is an extinct genus of New World monkey that lived in Patagonia during the Miocene. Two species are known: Homunculus patagonicus and Homunculus vizcainoi, which are known from material found in the Santa Cruz Formation in the far south of Argentina. Reaching a latitude of ~55°S at the time of it lived, it is the southernmost primate ever recorded.