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Phenacopithecus

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

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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

  1. 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. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248404000168?via%3Dihub