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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Atelidae |
| Subfamily: | Atelinae |
| Genus: | †Stirtonia Hershkovitz 1970 |
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Stirtonia is an extinct genus of New World monkeys from the Middle Miocene (Laventan in the South American land mammal ages; 13.8 to 11.8 Ma). Its remains have been found at the Konzentrat-Lagerstätte of La Venta in the Honda Group of Colombia. Two species have been described, S. victoriae and the type species S. tatacoensis.[1][2] Synonyms are Homunculus tatacoensis, described by Ruben Arthur Stirton in 1951 and Kondous laventicus by Setoguchi in 1985.[3] The genus is classified in Alouattini as an ancestor to the modern howler monkeys.[4][5]
- ^ Stirtonia victoriae at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Stirtonia tatacoensis at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Setoguchi et al., 1986a, p.2
- ^ McKenna & Bell, 1997
- ^ Takai et al., 2001, p.290