Phenacopithecus

Extinct genus of primates From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Phenacopithecus is an extinct genus of eosimiid primate that inhabited China during the Eocene epoch.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Primates
Suborder:Haplorhini
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Phenacopithecus
Temporal range: Eocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Family: Eosimiidae
Genus: Phenacopithecus
Beard & Wang, 2004
Type species
Phenacopithecus xueshii
Beard & Wang, 2004
Species
  • Phenacopithecus xueshii
  • Phenacopithecus krishtalkai
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Distribution

Fossil remains of both P. xueshii and P. krishtalkai are known from the Heti Formation, located in the Yuanqu Basin.[1]

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