Killikaike
Extinct genus of New World monkey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Killikaike is an extinct genus of New World monkey. The genus includes one species, Killikaike blakei, that lived in Argentina during the Early Miocene.[1]
Killikaike Temporal range: Early Miocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cebidae |
Subfamily: | Cebinae |
Genus: | †Killikaike Tejedor et al., 2006 |
Species: | †K. blakei |
Binomial name | |
†Killikaike blakei Tejedor et al., 2006 | |
Killikaike blakei was collected from the Santa Cruz Formation in the far south of Argentina in January, 2005 and the type specimen consists of a remarkably well preserved face. The neurocranium is not present. The specimen was named for the locality where it was found Killik Aike Norte, on the estate of the Blake family.[1]
Perry et al. (2014) considered K. blakei to be a junior synonym of Homunculus patagonicus, which is also known from the Santa Cruz Formation.[2] However, Silvestro at al. (2017) considered Killikaike to be a distinct genus.[3] Kay & Perry (2019) continued to regard the species as synonymous.[4]