†Carpocristes Beard and Wang 1995 (primate)
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Mammalia - Primates - Carpolestidae
Full reference: K. C. Beard and J. Wang. 1995. The first Asian plesiadapoids. Annals of Carnegie Museum 64(1):1-33
Parent taxon: Carpolestinae according to K. C. Beard et al. 2016
See also Beard and Wang 1995 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Carpodaptes, Carpolestes, Elphidotarsius, Subengius
Subtaxa: Carpocristes oriens Carpocristes rosei
Type: Carpocristes oriens
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution: found only at Changle Coal Mine (Eocene of China)
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