Phenacopithecus

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

Phenacopithecus Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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
Phenacopithecus xueshii Phenacopithecus krishtalkai

Distribution

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