†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

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Ecology: arboreal insectivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (10: Montana)

Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences

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