Phenacopithecus
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| Phenacopithecus Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Family: | †Eosimiidae |
| Genus: | †Phenacopithecus Beard & Wang, 2004 |
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| Phenacopithecus xueshii Beard & Wang, 2004
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Phenacopithecus is an extinct genus of eosimiid primate that inhabited China during the Eocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit | edit source]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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