†family Purgatoriidae Gunnell 1989 (primate)
Mammalia - Primates - Purgatoriidae
Full reference: G. F. Gunnell. 1989. Evolutionary History of Microsyopoidea (Mammalia, ?Primates) and the Relationship Between Plesiadapiformes and Primates. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 27:1-157
Parent taxon: Plesiadapiformes according to G. F. Gunnell 1989
See also Fox and Scott 2011 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Microsyopoidea, Palaechthon, Pandemonium, Paromomyoidea
Subtaxa: Purgatorius Ursolestes
Ecology: arboreal insectivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (10: Montana)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences