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.
| Phenacopithecus Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | †Eosimiidae |
| Genus: | †Phenacopithecus Beard & Wang, 2004 |
| Type species | |
| Phenacopithecus xueshii Beard & Wang, 2004 | |
| Species | |
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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]
References
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