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Phenacopithecus is an extinct genus of eosimiid primate that inhabited China during the late middle Eocene.[1][2] DistributionFossil remains of both P. xueshii and P. krishtalkai are known from the Heti Formation, located in the Yuanqu Basin.[1] MorphologyThe maxillary fragment of the holotype of Phenacopithecus krishtalkai indicates that eosimiids possessed a relatively small infraorbital foramen and a deep lower face, extending between the inferior orbital margin and the alveolar border. This morphology suggests that eosimiids lacked the orbital hypertrophy characteristic of living tarsiers and several fossil groups, including omomyids and microchoerids.[1] PaleobiologyThe relatively small orbits of eosimiids may indicate that they were primarily diurnal.[3] The body mass of P. xueshii was estimated at 235 grams, and P. krishtalkai at 149.[4][2] References
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