†Carpocristes oriens 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
Belongs to Carpocristes according to K. C. Beard and J. Wang 1995
Sister taxon: Carpocristes rosei
Type specimen: IVPP V10697.1-1, -2, a partial skull (crushed snout and left mandible). Its type locality is Changle Coal Mine, which is in an Eocene terrestrial coal in the Wutu Formation of China.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution: found only at Changle Coal Mine
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