Phenacopithecus
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
Fossil remains of both P. xueshii and P. krishtalkai are known from the Heti Formation, located in the Yuanqu Basin.[1]
References
- ^ Beard, Kenneth Christopher; Wang, Jingwen (April 2004). "The eosimiid primates (Anthropoidea) of the Heti Formation, Yuanqu Basin, Shanxi and Henan Provinces, People's Republic of China". Journal of Human Evolution. 46 (4): 401–432. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2004.01.002. Retrieved 14 February 2025 – via Elsevier Science Direct.