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Phenacopithecus xueshii

Mammalia - Primates - Eosimiidae

Taxonomy
Phenacopithecus xueshii was named by Beard and Wang (2004). Its type specimen is IVPP V11998.4, a tooth (right [lower] P4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nanbaotou, which is in a Sharamurunian floodplain siliciclastic in the Heti Formation of China. It is the type species of Phenacopithecus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Phenacopithecus xueshii Beard and Wang p. 417

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
familyEosimiidae
genusPhenacopithecus
speciesxueshii

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Phenacopithecus xueshii Beard and Wang 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available